![Twenty-four people were arrested for drinking and driving this weekend. Twenty-four people were arrested for drinking and driving this weekend.](https://www.westerncape.gov.za/sites/www.westerncape.gov.za/files/dsc_1527_0.jpg)
Five people died on Western Cape roads this weekend in two separate crashes.
A man and his female passenger died in a crash in George on Sunday (12 July 2015). A man and his two male passengers died in a crash on the Stellenbosch Arterial Road on Sunday.
Twenty-four people were arrested for alleged drunken driving during 1 700 screenings for drunken drivers. The highest breath alcohol reading was recorded in Vredenburg at 1.61 mg/1 000ml, which was six times the legal limit of 0.24 mg/1 000 ml.
This weekend’s (10 and 11 July 2015) 23 alcohol blitz roadblocks across the Western Cape saw a total of 2 516 vehicles stopped as part of Provincial Traffic Services safety campaign.
A total of 9 190 vehicles were screened for speeding of which 1089 speeding offences were recorded. Two hundred and forty-six (246) fines were issued for various traffic violations ranging from driver to vehicle fitness to the amount of R 279 150.
Highest Speeds Recorded
Four Other Arrests
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Al-Ameen Kafaar
Head of Communications
Department of Transport and Public Works
Tel: 021 483 9653
Cell: 083 383 3317
E-mail:Al-Ameen.Kafaar@westerncape.gov.za
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