Cape Towns roads claim one death every 11 hours and 40 minutes, with 68 of the deceased being pedestrians.
This is according to the citys urban mobility directorate, which has released its traffic crash report providing statistics from 2021 to 2024.
Based on accident report forms provided by Cape Towns 79 police stations and traffic centres, 3,007 people were killed in 262,225 traffic crashes over the four-year period, averaging two deaths every 24 hours.
