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Vehicle hijacking hotspots revealed

23 Nov 2016 - by Staff reporter
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Vehicle hijacking has increased by 14.3% in all provinces and remains highest in Gauteng, according to the 2015/2016 annual crime survey released by the South African Police Service (SAPS). 

The National Hijack Prevention Academy (NHPA) has released a list of hijacking hotspots in four major South African cities: 

Hijacking hotspots in Cape Town:                                                                 

- Voortrekker Road, Bellville, Parow

- Corner of Military Road and Prince George Drive

- St Stephens Road

- Alice Street near Voortrekker Road

- Station Road.

- Klipfontein Road

- Corner of Prestwich Road and Ebenhezer.

- Vanguard Drive

- The R300 under the bridges towards the N1 highway. 

Hijacking hotspots in Pretoria:                                                                                  



- Beyers Naude Drive, Paul Kruger Street

- R55, Erasmia

- Burnett Street, Delfi Avenue, Garsfontein Road

- Stormvoel

- Watermeyer Street

 

- Nelson Mandela Drive

- Lynwood Road, Simon Vermooten

- Lynwood Road, Hans Strijdom

- Walker Street.

- Duncan Street

- Corner of University Road and Lynwood Road.

- Rigel Avenue, N1

- The Simon Vermooten Road crossing with Pretoria Street.

- The Simon Vermooten Road crossing with Farrow Street.

- The Simon Vermooten Road crossing with Lynwood Road.

- The Lynwood Road on ramp from the N1.

- The Hans Strydom off ramp off the N4 highway

- The intersection between Hans Strijdom and the R21

- The Atterbury off ramp off the N1.

- Pretorius Street

- The crossing at Schoeman Street and Duncan

- The crossing at Schoeman Street and Hilda

-The crossing at Schoeman Street and Grosvenor

Hijacking hotspots  in Johannesburg:

- The corner of Kelvin Street and CR Swart

- Corner of Pretoria Road and CR Swart

- Corner of Elgin Road and Pretoria Road

-  Linksfield Road off ramp off the N3

-  Booysens Road off ramp off the M1

- Nelson Mandela Bridge

 - Wolmarans between Claim and Nugget

- The corner of Harrow and Saratoga

- The corner of Harrow and Abel

- The Houghton Drive off ramp off the M1

-  The corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and St Andrews

- Corner of 17th Street and Krause Street in Pageview

- The Heidelberg Road Off ramp off the N17

- Kyalami Drive

- Beyers Naude offramp off the N1 highway

- Rivonia off ramp off the N1 highway in Sunning hill 

- Midrand road near Clayville Residents

- The intersection of Grayston and Rivonia and the intersection of Grayston and 11th Street.

- 11th Avenue and Empire Road off ramps

-  The Jan Smuts Avenue/ William Nicol Drive split in Hyde Park

-  Intersections on Witkoppen Road

-  Bramley Precinct, areas such as Wynberg, Bramley, Marlboro and Kew

-  Yeoville Precinct, areas such as Yeoville, Bellevue and Bellevue East

- The Norwood Precinct, areas such as Orange Grove and Highlands

- The Sandringham Precinct, areas such as Glenhazel, Lombardy East and Sandringham.

-  The Parkview Precinct, areas between 10th and 11th avenue and 4th and 7th Avenue in Parkhurst

- The Hillbrow Precinct, areas such as Upper Houghton and Killarney

- The Rosebank Precinct, areas such as Saxonwold and Parkwood

-  The intersection between Christiaan de Wet and Wilgerood road in Roodepoort

-  Louis Botha Avenue, the M11. Be aware at the traffic lights, especially between Hillbrow and Alexandra

- Riviera off ramp coming off the M1

- 11th Avenue in Fairland, near Fairland Ex. 6

-  The corner of Pretoria Main road and 1st Avenue in Alexandra

- New road off ramp coming off the N1, be aware at the traffic lights

- William Nicol off ramp coming off the N1 highway



Hijacking hotspots – Durban

- Alpine Road

- West Street

- Corner of Warwick Avenue  and Smith Street

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