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'Slow down' say cops as pedestrian struck

A woman is fighting for her life after being struck by a car in Sydney's west as police told drivers to slow down with 25 pedestrians already dying on the state's roads in 2019.

The woman in her 50s was struck when crossing a road in Merrylands on Friday morning, a NSW Ambulance spokesman said.

She was rushed to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.

NSW Police on Friday implored road users to take "personal responsibility" to reduce the road toll.

In the first five months of this year, 160 lives have been lost on the state's roads.

Twenty-five of those deaths - or just over 15 per cent - were pedestrians.

"The key to road safety is personal responsibility," Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy mark the nation-wide Fatality Free Friday campaign.

"We know that speeding, drink or drug driving, driving fatigued, distracted, or without a seat belt, are all the key factors in serious injury and fatal crashes on our roads."

Mr Corboy implored pedestrians to do their part by ensuring "they wear bright coloured clothing, cross the road at designated traffic controlled points and not second guess the speed of oncoming traffic".

To date, 76 drivers have been killed in NSW this year along with 29 passengers, 25 motorcyclists, five cyclists and 25 pedestrians.

Some 56 lives have been lost on metropolitan roads while 104 people have died on country roads across the state.