On New Years Day, chunks of concrete lay strewn across the Warrego Highway just outside of Bunnings in Dalby, after an alleged drink driver crashed into a light pole.

At 4.15pm on Friday January 1, a 43-year-old Dalby man crashed into the light pole with his sedan, tearing it from the medium strip and dragging it for metres before swerving off the 60km/ph road.  

The single vehicle crash tore off the front end of the man's sedan and crushed the right side of the engine - littering the busy highway with mangled car parts.  

A Queensland police spokesman said the middle-aged man now has a date with Dalby Magistrates Court in March, after being charged with driving under the influence, and driving without due care and attention.

On the day of the crash, a Queensland police spokeswoman said the man suffered from chest pain after he was struck by an airbag.

"He was also bleeding from the leg," she said.

A Queensland Ambulance spokeswoman said the man declined medical treatment and transport to hospital.