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

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