a) The following table shows the fatal crashes and fatalities from 1 Jan 2022 to 31 May 2022 per province
Province |
Fatal Crashes |
EC |
443 |
FS |
207 |
GP |
733 |
KZN |
641 |
LP |
408 |
MP |
262 |
NC |
116 |
NW |
249 |
WC |
475 |
Grand Total |
3534 |
b) Recorded causes in each of the 2 cases
According the information received from the crash investigation team, the causes of the two crashes on the N3 were as follows;
According to the crash investigation team there were no signs of attempted braking during the crash identified at the scene which supports the suspicion of fatigue as the main cause of the crash resulting in the high number of the 10 fatalities recorded. The stretch of road where the fatal crash occurred is not a high risk crash site and this was an isolated incident.
c) measures have been implemented to prevent the recurrence of such accidents.