A1 has highest accident toll

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The A1 corridor had the highest toll of road crashes, especially in towns and cities along the North-South highway, the annual report of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund (MVA) for 2012 shows.The report says that Gaborone, Francistown and Serowe/Palapye are particularly prone to crashes.

Infact, the A1 corridor recorded the highest number of crashes compared to other main corridors. "In 2012, the A1 accounted for 41.0 percent of crashes in all the major corridors and the common causes of crashes were domestic animals, rear-end and side collisions," the report says.

The number of pedestrians hit by vehicles along the A1 increased to 52 last year from 37 in 2011.

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