Research Shows That South Africa Has A Considerably Higher Road Accident Rate Than The United States Of America And Europe.
SOUTH AFRICAN FATAL ROAD ACCIDENTS STATISTICS DURING DAY TIME HOURS (excluding injuries)
Road Traffic Management Corporation Statistics
1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 – page 39,table 36
Percentage of Crashes and Fatalities per Time Of Day
TIME CRASHES FATALITIES
00 – 04h00 12.73 13.90%
04 – 08h00 12.87 13.90%
08 – 12h00 9.80 9.79%
12 – 16h00 14.79 14.01%
16 – 20h00 27.86 27.28%
PEDESTRIAN – VEHICLE ACCIDENTS DURING DAY TIME ARE AS HIGH AS IT IS AT NIGHT TIME .
1 January 2008 to 31 December 2009:
Statistics from Western Cape Accident Report 2008
08h00 – 13h00 - 788 deaths
13h00 – 19h00 - 1’744 deaths
Total deaths for this period 2’622 deaths
(Please note that these statistics exclude injuries)
