A motorist died and two passengers were seriously injured when two cars collided at the intersection of Chester and Clovelly roads in Sunnyridge yesterday. They were travelling down Chester Road toward the beach when they collided with a car driven by Mr Nokufika Mahamba coming from Clovelly Road. Mahamba escaped injury. An Alsatian dog in Breetzke's car sustained minor injuries. The accident was the fourth at the intersection in less than a month.
Residents blame poor visibility and a lack of road signs for the high number of crashes.
Sunnyridge residents called on the municipality to erect robots, put street lights in Chester Road and cut the grass next to the intersection. A traffic officer at the scene also cited poor visibility as a possible cause. The Arrive Alive information centre in Pretoria said eight people have been reported killed on South African roads since 1pm on Thursday at the beginning of the long weekend. Arrive Alive spokeswoman Cielie Karow said high speed appeared to be one of the main causes of the fatal accidents. She said traffic volumes of 792 cars per hour were measured on the N2 between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, which was high for the road.