A resident and chairperson of the Midrand Sector Crime Forum 3, Marvin Maphiri, has raised concerns over the multiple accidents taking place at Midrand’s intersections.
Maphiri told Midrand Reporter on January 11 that residents were worried about the high number of accidents taking place on Summit and Plantation roads as well at the R55 and African View Drive intersections.
He said between 2018 and 2019, more than 300 accidents took place on Plantation and Summit roads and between 2020 and 2022, another 329 accidents took place at the same intersection, according to statistics they had collected from the South African Police Service.
“Just recently on African View Drive and R55, we had an incident where a pedestrian fell victim to a hit and run, this after attempting to cross the road and unfortunately he lost his life.
“People tend not to adhere to the speed limit of 60km per hour and drive more than100km per hour. So when you are coming from Johannesburg or Diepsloot side going onto African View Drive or Plantation Road, it is practically hard to make a turn and join those two roads,” he added.
Maphiri said the matter had been escalated with the Department of Transport in Gauteng and added that the department had promised to attend to the matter.
“A petition was tabled. Recently we had a petition discussion session with the department and the provincial legislature, and the standing committee on petitions in November last year.
“They resolved that they would install traffic lights within six months. We are now on the second month, meaning we have four months left yet nothing has been done.”
Gauteng Department of Transport spokesperson, Theo Nkonki said the department had given feedback on these intersections at the petitions hearing on November 24 last year.
“The petitioners were informed that the department will revisit sites in January 2022, to conduct a reassessment and ascertain whether findings of an investigation that was conducted are still relevant, following which a full design and implementation of remedial measures will be implemented,” Nkonki concluded.
Details: Gauteng Department of Transport 011 355 7332.
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