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Provincial Traffic Weekend Traffic Statistics

1 December 2014
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On 28 and 29 November 2014, 25 alcohol blitz roadblocks across the Western Cape saw a total of 2 126 vehicles stopped as part of Provincial Traffic Services safety campaign.

A total of 1 158 drivers were screened for (being under suspicion of) driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in 26 arrests.

The highest breath alcohol reading was recorded in Oudtshoorn at 1.29 mg/1 000 ml, which was five times the legal limit of 0.24 mg/1 000 ml.

A total of 206 vehicles were screened for speeding of which 62 speeding offences were recorded.  Two hundred and eighty one (281) fines were issued for various traffic violations ranging from driver to vehicle fitness to the amount of R 339 800.

Highest Speeds

  • 155 km/h in a 120 km/h zone on the N1 in the Mossel Bay service area.
  • 112 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on the N1 in the Oudtshoorn service area.

Two Other Arrests

  • 1 x illegal possession of Crayfish Tails Arrest (Caledon).
  • 1 x False Documentation Arrest (Worcester).

Twenty Two (22) Fatalities

Greater Cape Metropole:Winelands/Overberg:West Coast:Eden/Central Karoo:
  • Cape Town – 1 x Pedestrian
  • Kuilsriver – 1 x Pedestrian
  • Botlary – 1 x Driver
  • N7 Morningstar – 1 x Passenger
  • Table View – 1 x Pedestrian
  • Athlone – 1 x Driver
  • Gugulethu – 1 x Pedestrian
  • Phillippi East – 1 x Passenger
  • Kraaifontein – 1 x Pedestrian
  • Khayelitsha – 2 X Pedestrians
  • Caledon – 1 x Driver
  • Paarl South – 1 x Pedestrian
  • Robertson – 1 x Driver
  • Vredenburg – 2 x Drivers, 2 x Passengers
  • Saldanha – 1 x Passenger
  • Knysna – 1 x Motor Cyclist
  • Laingsburg – 1 x Passenger
  • Myrrysburg – 1 X Passenger

 

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