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Statistical Breakdown Of Fatalities Des 2002

STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF FATALITIES DECEMBER 2002

-::- BREAKDOWN OF FATALITIES PER PROVINCE -::-

GAUTENG KWA-ZULU NATAL WESTERN CAPE EASTERN CAPE FREE STATE MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST LIMPOPO NORTHERN CAPE TOTAL
233 253 180 126 96 114 97 78 39 1216

-::- INFO ON TYPE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN DRIVERS/PASSANGERS/PEDESTRIAN -::-

  Driver Passenger Pedestrian TOTAL
GAUTENG 63 48 122 233
KWA-ZULU NATAL 54 83 116 253
WESTERN CAPE 46 72 62 180
EASTERN CAPE 29 49 48 126
FREE STATE 20 49 27 96
MPUMALANGA 33 46 35 114
NORTH WEST 29 32 36 97
LIMPOPO 30 24 24 78
NORTHERN CAPE 10 17 12 39
TOTAL 314 420 482 1216

-::- INFO ON VEHICLES INVOLVED -::-

  CARS BAKKIES MINIBUS TAXI HEAVY VEHICLE MINIBUS BUS MOTORCYCLE BICYCLE TRACTOR OTHER UNKNOWN TOTAL
GAUTENG 137 39 27 17 14 2 6 8 1 2 23 276
KWA-ZULU NATAL 85 63 20 25 5 8 1 4 9 0 33 253
WESTERN CAPE 79 28 8 20 3 4 8 3 1 1 13 168
EASTERN CAPE 42 26 15 14 7 2 1 5 1 1 11 125
FREE STATE 20 24 7 14 4 2 1 2 1 1 8 84
MPUMALANGA 45 23 9 20 2 2 0 5 1 0 9 116
NORTH WEST 41 33 8 5 5 1 0 4 2 2 11 112
LIMPOPO 31 30 5 4 4 2 0 1 0 2 8 87
NORTHERN CAPE 10 11 3 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 39
  490 277 102 125 45 23 17 37 16 9 119 1260

-::- ESTIMATED COST OF THESE FATALITIES -::-

GAUTENG KWA-ZULU NATAL WESTERN CAPE EASTERN CAPE FREE STATE MPUMALANGA NORTH WEST LIMPOPO NORTHERN CAPE
R 81,02 m R 85,08 m R 52,67 m R 39,70 m R 26,74 m R 36,87 m R 34,44 m R 25,52 m R 12,96 m

TIME OF ACCIDENT

They mostly occur between 19h00 to 01h00 in the morning

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