During the past long weekend, from midnight on Thursday 01 May 2008 until midnight on Sunday 04 May 2008, the Netcare 911 call centre dispatched emergency vehicles to 401 motor vehicle collisions and 55 pedestrian collisions totalling 456 collisions throughout South Africa during the 96 hour time period.
Thankfully these numbers are down on last weekends collisions which totalled 590 in 96 hours.
Thursday 01 May 2008: 101 motor vehicle and 20 pedestrian collisions in SA, totalling 121 for the day.
The four busiest regions were:
1) Gauteng region: 42 motor vehicle and 12 pedestrian collisions.
2) Kzn region: 23 motor vehicle and 4 pedestrian collisions.
3) Cape region: 11 motor vehicle and 1 pedestrian collision.
4) Mpumalanga region: 9 motor vehicle and 0 pedestrian collisions.
Friday 02 May 2008: 96 motor vehicle and 15 pedestrian collisions in SA, totalling 111 for the day.
The four busiest regions were:
1) Gauteng region: 49 motor vehicle and 7 pedestrian collisions.
2) Kzn region: 17 motor vehicle and 2 pedestrian collisions.
3) Cape region: 11 motor vehicle and 4 pedestrian collisions.
4) Mpumalanga region: 5 motor vehicle and 1 pedestrian collision.
Saturday 03 May 2008: 108 motor vehicle and 10 pedestrian collisions in SA, totalling 118 for the day.
The four busiest regions were:
1) Gauteng region: 56 motor vehicle and 2 pedestrian collisions.
2) Kzn region: 16 motor vehicle and 3 pedestrian collisions.
3) Cape region: 8 motor vehicle and 3 pedestrian collisions.
4) Free State region: 9 motor vehicle and 0 pedestrian collisions.
Sunday 04 May 2008: 96 motor vehicle and 10 pedestrian collisions in SA, totalling 106 for the day.
The four busiest regions were:
1) Gauteng region: 29 motor vehicle and 2 pedestrian collisions.
2) Kzn region: 20 motor vehicle and 0 pedestrian collisions.
3) Cape region: 11 motor vehicle and 2 pedestrian collisions.
4) Free State region: 10 motor vehicle and 1 pedestrian collision.
The stats show that Gauteng was the busiest region comprising almost 44% of the national collision totals.
[ Information provided by Netcare 911 to the Road Safety & Arrive Alive Blog]
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