Police road blitz picks up the speedsters but the toll stays down Police are out in force for the Christmas road safety campaign. A BLITZ on road safety has seen more than 6400 motorists nabbed for speeding already this Christmas, as the state's first fatal accident brings the national road toll to four. On Christmas Eve, a 69-year-old man died after the vehicle in which he was a passenger rolled on a rural road in Avondale, north of Bundaberg. The death was the first road fatality in Queensland this holiday period, with the national holiday road toll at four as of yesterday evening. Around the country, two women died on Monday after a two-car accident in Victoria, while a man died after the car he was in hit a tree during a police pursuit in northern New South Wales on the same day. Last year, a total of 49 people died around the country during the Christmas holiday road toll period, which begins on December 23 and continues until January 3. This week, Queensland Police launched a rolling road safety campaign to stamp out dangerous driving and limit road fatalities, targeting speeding, fatigue, drink and drug driving, failure to wear a seatbelt and driver distraction. The latest figures from Queensland Police show officers undertook almost 15,000 random breath tests in the holiday period to Christmas morning, collaring 81 motorists for drink driving. More than 6400 motorists have also been fined for speeding across the state, up from the same period last year. But the figures show just 33 people were injured on state roads in the reporting period, well down from the 104 injuries recorded at the same time last year. Christmas Day saw a number of accidents around the state, mostly involving single vehicles. A single vehicle rollover in the Western Downs yesterday morning left six people taken to hospital with back and abdominal injuries. A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said the accident occurred about 6.20am in the town of Miles. "There were six patients, all taken to Miles hospital and then flown to Toowoomba," she said. North of Winton, a woman suffered a fractured leg and serious haemorrhaging after the vehicle in which she was a passenger overturned on Landsborough Highway about 9.50am. The woman, who was ejected from the vehicle during the accident, was taken to Winton Hospital, then flown to Townsville Base Hospital by the Royal Flying Doctor Service. A man was uninjured. Earlier, another single vehicle rollover occurred on the Burnett Highway between Biloela and Monto. The accident, at about 8.10am, resulted in a 71-year-old male being transported to Biloela Hospital with lacerations to his leg and face. The man was later transported by rescue helicopter to Rockhampton Base Hospital for further treatment.