Driving at night is significantly more dangerous that doing so during the day. Not only is visibility reduced but drivers have to share the roads with speedsters, drunk and fatigued drivers and often encounter animals crossing the roads in darkness.
On the Arrive Alive website we find more information and advice on these aspects in the following sections:
Safe Driving at Night
Avoiding Animal on the Road
These dangers are best illustrated through analysis and video footage from such a recent crash. FleetCam has made available analysis of such a crash:
Video of Truck Crashing Into Cow
FleetCam video data has been retrieved from the Below vehicle with particular reference to events that relate to the time of the accident.
A) Accident Basic Information:
Vehicle Make:
Registration No: N/A
Date of Accident: 26 May 2015
Time of Accident (Impact): 22h:32m:44s (Night time)
B) Accident Location:
Road Name/Number: R519, Polokwane
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