Traffic congestion was exceptionally high on both the South African and Mozambican sides of the route, with the Middelburg and Nkomazi plazas being the busiest.
Traffic peaked on Thursday afternoon, Friday morning, and Monday.

To buffer the risks associated with the increased traffic volumes, the TRAC Helpdesk and TRACAssist partnered with the bulk of provincial and private emergency services, law enforcement agencies and other relevant stakeholders.

This Easter, TRAC also focused on boosting its road safety message. This was done via a road safety activation at Alzu Petroport in Belfast, where TRAC representatives engaged with more than 600 road users and encouraged them to obey road regulations and be responsible and courteous on the road.

Despite TRAC’s efforts to avoid delays along the route, traffic backlogs were unfortunately experienced on certain sections of the road due to a combination of high traffic volume, road improvement construction sites and accidents.

Thirty-eight accidents, two fatalities and 14 serious injuries were recorded between Thursday, April 6 and Monday, April 10.

Thirty-one of the accidents occurred in South Africa and seven in Mozambique.

The breakdown is as follows:

• Gauteng

Accident: 2
Fatalities : 0
Serious: 0

• Highveld

Accident: 17
Fatalities: 2
Serious: 10

• Lowveld

Accident: 12
Fatalities: 0
Serious: 3

• Mozambique

Accident: 7
Fatalities: 0
Serious: 1