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This marks a decline compared with the 26 road-related fatalities reported over the 2024 Easter period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 22 lives lost this year, 14 fatalities occurred on municipal roads and eight on provincial routes, with the majority of these incidents taking place within the Cape Metro:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14 pedestrians;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>five passengers;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>two drivers; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>one motorcyclist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Western Cape Mobility Department\u2019s Provincial Traffic Services conducted 784 integrated operations across the province during this period, including roadblocks, vehicle check points and speed control operations. As a result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Over 30 000 vehicles were stopped and checked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just over 19 000 fines were issued for various offences.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8,714 speeding violations were recorded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>226 arrests were made, of which 181 were for driving under the influence of alcohol.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 07:00 on Friday (18 April) to 07:00 on Tuesday (22 April), Emergency Medical Services (EMS) logged a total of 7,988 incidents. The most frequent calls were for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Non-cardiac related pain: 1,505;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>respiratory complaints: 1,049; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>assault-related injuries: 597.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Transport-related emergencies included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>85 pedestrian vehicle accidents;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>104 motor vehicle accidents; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>five incidents involving cyclists.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hospitals across the province also managed high volumes at their emergency centres. At the Hospital Emergency Centre Trauma Information System (HECTIS) reporting site 16,395 patient episodes were recorded over the weekend period (at 00:00 on 18 April to 08:00 on 22 April). 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