Thirty-three killed on Ekurhuleni roads
Thirty-three killed on Ekurhuleni roads, Brakpan Herald, EMPD, City of Ekurhuleni, road accidents, drunk driving, excessive speeding, reckless and negligent driving, fatal accidents, Kobeli Mokheseng.
The EMPD recorded 33 fatalities in the City of Ekurhuleni between December 1 and January 22.
Three passengers, 10 drivers and 20 pedestrians were killed.
Based on physical evidence at the accident scenes, the fatal accidents can be attributed to drunk driving, excessive speeding, reckless and negligent driving, bad demeanor, poor attitude of drivers and failure on part of pedestrians to take proper care and crossing of freeways.
In terms of categorisation of accidents according to types of roads, nine were killed on national, 12 on provincial and 12 on urban.
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Fatal accidents comparison with previous years are as follows:
• December 2018: 38 people were killed.
• December 2019: 18 people were killed.
• December 2020: 33 people were killed.
“As the EMPD, we will continue to be visible and enforce the law in the south, north and eastern regions of the City,” said EMPD spokesperson Kobeli Mokheseng.
“Working together with other law enforcement agencies on different crime prevention operations makes a huge positive impact in an attempt, to eradicate crime.”
