Gauteng police spokesperson Capt Mavela Masondo said the highway patrol unit has been deployed to monitor hotspots.
This was confirmed by Gauteng police spokesperson, who said police visibility “has been intensified with the deployment of a highway patrol unit”.
Mavela urged motorists to remain vigilant and to try to avoid hitting any object “even if it looks like a plastic bottle”.
Motorists are urged to avoid night driving at all costs.
The following routes have been identified as hotspots:
• R21 Freeway from OR Tambo International Airport to Pretoria.
• N4 Mpumalanga to Pretoria between Solomon Mahlangu and Watermeyer off-ramp.
• N4 Pretoria to Mpumalanga between Bronkhorstspruit and Balmoral off-ramp.
• N1 Polokwane N4 Mpumalanga interchange in Pretoria.
• N4 to Rustenburg between R80 Mabopane Freeway and Brits plaza tollgate.