Law enforcement intensified on Gauteng roads as holidaymakers head home
Gauteng Traffic Police says additional officers will be deployed along the major routes and freeways in the province as holidaymakers make their way home following the festive season.
More than 200 people have died on the province’s roads since the start of the festive season.
The deaths include three toddlers who lost their lives when the driver of a BMW crashed into a group of nine people in Salvokop in Tshwane on Saturday.
In another incident a pedestrian was hit by a car on the R101 near Hammanskraal.
"The province has in recent times experienced forms of dangerous driving such as reckless and negligent driving, disregard to traffic signals and passengers overloading due to the rush to make profit, especially during the festive season" says Gauteng Traffic Police spokesperson Sello Maremane.
"Through the deployment of officers, the Gauteng Traffic Police will continue to work together with various law enforcement agencies and coordinate operations through data driven projects to reduce road fatalities, respond to reported incidents and support SAPS with crime prevention and combatting initiatives in the province.”
Maremane says nearly half of all the fatalities on the roads were pedestrians.
“It is very concerning that pedestrians continue to make up a high number of road fatalities. This pedestrian high mortality rate is attributable to, not wearing reflective gear at night, violation of traffic signal, distracted walking, distracted driving, using public roads whilst under the influence of alcohol or drugs and jay-walking.”
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