Integrated Transport Plan.pdf - Durban

� Heavy Vehicles
� Light Delivery Vehicles/Bakkies
� Cars
Apart from the type of vehicle involved the evaluation noted the age, sex
and category of the person involved as being pedestrians, drivers and
passengers.
7.3.1 Deaths by User Group
Deaths by user group (2002)
Passenger
23%
Drivers
16%
7.3.2 Pedestrian Accidents
Pedestrians
61%
Pedestrians Passenger Drivers
The adjacent pie chart shows the
deaths by different user groups,
highlighting the most vulnerable
group as being pedestrians. Overall,
children under 10 years of age and
young male drivers under the age of
30 years are seen to be the most
vulnerable.
The five worst areas for pedestrian accidents in eThekwini are in Durban
CBD, Umlazi, KwaMashu, Chatsworth and Phoenix. The pedestrian
accidents in Umlazi, KwaMashu, Phoenix and Chatsworth were
characterised by a significant involvement of children under the age of 10
years with twenty percent of all pedestrian accidents in these areas
involving children under the age of 15 years. In the Durban CBD the 20-29
age group had the highest involvement in pedestrian accidents.
7.3.3 Driver Fatalities by Age Group
The graph for driver fatalities by age
group highlights the under 30 male
drivers as the highest risk group with
accidents typically associated with
speeding, driving whilst under the
influence of alcohol and drugs, driving
without a seatbelt, cell phone usage
while driving, aggressive and reckless
driving and driving home in the early
hours in a fatigued and intoxicated
Percentage
Drivers Fatalities by age group (2002)
eThekwini Integrated Transport Plan
Summary Report
7.3
Road Safety
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
U nder 20
20-29
30-39
40-49
50-59
Age group
60-69
70 and
over
unspecified
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Assessment of
accident
categories