The festive season traffic report was presented by the acting provincial minister of mobility Dr Ivan Meyer at Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 131 deaths, the overall tally of deaths on Western Cape roads over the now-concluded festive season, a sharp decrease of 46.72% compared to the 207 deaths recorded for the 2021\/2022 festive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The report covers the period 1 December 2022 to 11 January and highlights the work done by the Western Cape Traffic Law over the festive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, the report indicated an overall 23.88% decline in road crashes compared to the previous year: and a 14.87% decline in pedestrian deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Meyer 63 of the 2022\/23 festive season deaths took place in 52 crashes on provincial roads and 68 people were killed in 66 crashes on municipal roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn municipal roads, fatalities decreased by 32.68%; and road crashes by 32%, whereas on provincial roads fatalities decreased by 36.72% and the number of crashes declined by 17.47%,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a massive achievement. I am proud that we as the Department of Transport and Public Works, Traffic Law Enforcement, Safely Home, Road Safety Management, and Land Transport Safety Management have been able to make our roads safer this past festive season, working closely with our partners in the South African Police Service, other traffic law enforcement entities, Emergency Medical Services, the provincial regulatory entity, the Road Accident Fund, Child Safe, and the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that their efforts were boosted when 85 traffic law enforcement officers, who graduated from the Gene Louw Traffic College as traffic officers on 9 December, were deployed four days later on the province\u2019s roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meyer said 243 982 vehicles were stopped and checked during this time and 2 283 integrated law enforcement operations took place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 239 vehicles were impounded and 1 117 were discontinued in this period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The total number of arrests during the festive season was 680, of which 446 were for driving under the influence, 98 were for fraudulent documentation, 23 were for speeding, and 52 were for reckless and negligent driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fourteen people were arrested for bribery, and four for possession of drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile every arrest is bittersweet, bitter in the sense that someone did something knowing that they were doing something wrong, but continuing nonetheless, and sweet because it is one more wrong-doer off our roads, I am especially proud of the number of arrests for bribery,\u201d said Meyer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis speaks to the ethics of provincial traffic and sends a clear message that in the Western Cape, we have a culture of doing the right thing,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, the department Safely Home programme engaged in road safety awareness using social media, radio and billboards that offered social media, radio, and billboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, road safety management officers engaged with 3 047 road users distributing over 8 000 road safety awareness pamphlets and over 1 000 promotional items in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey did awareness-raising about the dangers of driving and walking under the influence, using cell phones while driving and walking, fatigued driving, overloading, seatbelt compliance, jaywalking, distracted driving, and distracted walking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meyer said a total of 3 407 habitual traffic transgressor stops were performed in the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHabitual traffic transgressors are motorists who have been identified by the Average Speed Over Distance camera system as repeated speedsters, or who have been issued with over five written notices to appear in court, or who are using a vehicle whose licence has not been renewed in 18 months. When such a motorist is approaching, an alert is sent to officers further along the road to stop the motorist and engage with that person on recorded offences and to warn the person of the consequences of further transgressions,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we look at the number of vehicles stopped and checked and do a simple comparison to the number of vehicles that were impounded and discontinued, and number of arrests, most of our road users are law-abiding. Thank you. Thank you for not respecting only your own life but the lives of other road users. Keep supporting us as we continue to live out our passion to make roads safer,\u201d Meyer concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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