How important are the pointsmen on your road? Latest numbers confirm their value!!

How important are the pointsmen on your road? Latest numbers confirm their value!!

August 17, 2015 • Accidents

We are all aware of the frustrations and delays experienced during times of load shedding or when the traffic lights are simply out of order! The OUTsurance pointsmen provide a very important service to allow effective flow of traffic in these conditions.

The latest data from Traffic Freeflow provides insights and confirm just how important these pointsmen have become:

JHB Stats

Static Points
No of Pointsmen	AM Shift	70
No of Pointsmen	MM Shift	20
No of Pointsmen	PM Shift	69

No of Points covered	AM Shift	44
No of Points covered	MM Shift	14
No of Points covered	PM Shift	39

Mobile Points
No of mobile Pointsmen		33
No of unique points covered		157
No of km’s covered by collective fleet		51 411 Km’s
No of dispatches		1 778

Top 3 Repeated Problematic Areas		No. of Dispatches
Paulshof		x 128
Marlboro		x 142
Sandton		x 288

Most Repeated Problematic Intersections		No. of Dispatches
Cambridge/ Umhlanga & Witkoppen		x 101
Katherine & West		x 129
M1 Marlboro		x 140

Tshwane Stats

Static Points
No of Pointsmen	AM Shift	45
No of Pointsmen	MM Shift	5
No of Pointsmen	PM Shift	40

No of Points covered	AM Shift	27
No of Points covered	MM Shift	3
No of Points covered	PM Shift	23

Mobile Points
No of Mobile Pointsmen		15
No of unique points covered		88
No of km’s covered by collective fleet		18 527 Km’s
No of dispatches		721

Top 3 Repeated Problematic Areas		No. of Dispatches
Zambezi		X 98
Centurion		X 210
Pretoria CBD		X 278

Most Repeated Problematic Intersections		No. Of Dispatches
Kameeldrift & Sefako Makgatho		X 60
Farrow & Simon Vermooten		X 96
Maunde & Quagga		X 116