The Department of Public Safety in the North West says they have recorded 16 road accidents in which 19 people died, since the beginning of the Easter period.
The department says this is a preliminary report as the number might increase as people make their way home after the Easter break.Chief Provincial Inspector Justice Tshabile says some roads are still problematic.
“We are having 16 . From the 16, we have 19 fatalities, but again our N4 as well as this road, the R503 but our biggest challenge when coming to accidents as well as the N18, when you reach Mahikeng at Makhubung area, it’s where most our accidents are happening. Mostly on the N18 its stray animals that cause accidents on that particular road,” says Tshabile.
“We are happy with the visibility of traffic officers and traffic was flowing nice,” says another motorists. “Traffic are doing their job and were doing their job and the road is clear,” adds another. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
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