South’s death road

Last year, according to police reports, the NMR had one fatality resulting from 694 accidents,
of which 549 accidents had no injuries In 2004, there was another road fatality from 640 accidents, of which 502 accidents had no injuries.

In 2003, there was no road fatality from 705 accidents, of which 294 accidents had no injuries.

Between 2003 and 2005, the rate of road accidents on the NMR has remained fairly steady.

The leading type of accident was rear-end, totalling 736 over the three years, closely followed
by the vehicle side-swipe, with a total of 456 over the same period.

While there were almost no fatalities, the number of injuries during this period increased by 300 percent from a figure of 104 in 2003. These injuries were about 90 percent related to passengers and drivers.