The highest speed recorded on Western Cape roads last week was165km/h in a 120km/h zone and 104km/h when the speed limit was 60km/h.
The Western Cape government has warned that speed kills after provincial roads claimed 20 lives last week.
In a statement issued by the Western Cape Department of Transport, MEC Daylin Mitchell, said that nearly two dozen deaths had been recorded in 19 accidents, between 7 and 13 November, including eight drivers, six pedestrians, four passengers, one motorcyclist and a passenger on a motorbike.According to the MEC, nearly all collisions involved vehicles travelling in excess of 60km/h
The highest speed recorded during this period were 165km/h in a 120km/h zone and 104km/h when the speed limit was 60km/h“If you are travelling more slowly and you collide with a pedestrian, the pedestrian is more likely to survive.“They may behave unpredictably and may struggle to understand how quickly a vehicle is moving.
“Because children are short, in a collision, they are likely to be hit in the head and chest, and are therefore more likely to be killed,” Mitchell warned. Last week also saw the provincial transport service implement 222 integrated roadblocks, vehicle checkpoints and speed control operations which saw 32 320 vehicles stopped and checked.Also read:
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