About 2.30pm on Thursday, emergency services were called to an accident on Princes Highway, just north of the Currambene Creek bridge, where a vehicle had left the road and hit a guard rail.

The elderly male driver died at the scene.

His elderly female passenger suffered unknown injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.

One lane in each direction remains open.

Police from Shoalhaven Local Area Command are investigating the incident and a report will be prepared for the Coroner.