A total of 962 drivers were screened for driving under the influence of alcohol, resulting in 26 arrests.
The highest breath alcohol reading was recorded in Knysna at 1,71mg/1 000ml, which was seven times the legal limit of 0,24mg/1 000ml.
Up to 10 246 vehicles were screened for speeding from which 999 speeding offences were recorded.
Overall, 257 fines were issued for various traffic violations ranging from driver to vehicle fitness in the amount of
R176 400.
Highest speeds recorded
- 182km/h in a 120km/h zone on the N1 in the Brackenfell service area.
- 177km/h in a 100km/h zone on the N1 in the Caledon service area.
- 116km/h in a 80km/h zone on the N2 in the Somerset West service area.
- 1 x possession of firearm (Somerset West)
- 1 x possession of illegal cigarettes to the value of R375 000 (Beaufort West)
- 1 x speed arrest for driving 163km/h in 120km/h zone (N2 - Mossel Bay)
- 1 x speed arrest for driving 169km/h in 120km/h zone (N1 - Beaufort West)
- 6 x people (1 x driver, 2 x male passengers, 2 x female passengers and 1 x female infant passenger). A truck and a sedan collided on the N7 near Moorreesburg on Saturday 28 June
- 1 x driver: vehicle overturned on Papkuils Road, Darling, on Saturday 28 June
- 1 x pedestrian in Stellen-bosch on Saturday 28 June
- 1 x pedestrian in Saron on Saturday 28 June
- 5 x people burnt beyond recognition in a head-on collision on the Kanonkop Road, near Stellenbosch on Saturday 28 June
- 1 x driver: truck overturned on R60 Robertson/Worcester Rd on Sunday 29 June
- 1 x pedestrian in Bishop Lavis on Sunday 29 June
- 1 x pedestrian in Harare on Sunday 29 June
- 1 x pedestrian in Nyanga on Sunday 29 June
- 1 x pedestrian in Heatherlands, George on Sunday 29 June
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