Preliminary statistics indicate that Gauteng traffic police have recorded more than 200 road traffic fatalities, around half of whom were pedestrians, since the start of the festive season. | AlexMitchley
In a statement on Sunday, traffic police announced that they had intensified deployment along all major routes in the province to ensure the safety of road users as the holiday season comes to end.
The intensified deployment follows what traffic police said were serious forms of dangerous driving, disregard to traffic signals and passengers overloading - all experienced in Gauteng over the festive season. "Preliminary statistics indicate that Gauteng province has recorded over 200 road traffic fatalities since the beginning of the festive season period with pedestrians accounting for almost 50% of the fatalities," said Maremane
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