Accidents and incidents on Southern Highway

The Southern Expressway Traffic Division has fined 2721 individuals mainly for exceeding speed above 100 kilometres per hour and for crashing into the protective fences along the highway.

A total of 323 accidents have been reported so far since the first expressway in Sri Lanka was opened on November 27, last year.

Three persons have been killed so far and a total of 126 persons have received injuries, all minor injuries but three were serious.

The new division of expressway traffic is administered by a Deputy Inspector General of police (DIG) with powers vested similar to the Western Province Traffic DIG.

Police officers would be recruited after undergoing a special training to control expressway traffic.

Traffic control units are placed in Gelanigama, Kurun-

A total of 323 accidents have been reported so far since the first expressway in Sri Lanka was opened on November 27, last year

dugahahethekma and Pinnaduwa.

New traffic regulations have also been placed on motorists using the new expressway.

According to the police the existing fines would be increased for traffic violations. The elite Special Task Force (STF) is conducting routine patrolling in the Southern Expressway.