Editing Gaborone (section)

===Private traffic===
{{Update section|date=January 2024}}
Gaborone has several vehicle licensing stations. 15,538 new [[motor vehicle|private motor vehicles]], accounting for 46.5% of Botswana's total new [[vehicle registration]]s, were registered in Gaborone in 2008, of which 8,440 were [[automobile|passenger cars]], 440 were [[minibus]]es, 204 were motorcycles, and 181 were [[tractor]]s. The total has increased from 12,690 new vehicle registrations in 2007. Gaborone also has the highest number of vehicle registration renewals at 73,206 in 2008.<ref name=transport>{{cite web|url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/Transport/2008_transport_report.pdf |title=Botswana transport statistics – 2008 |author=A. N. Majelantle |date=December 2009 |work=Botswana Transport Statistics |publisher=Central Statistics Office |location=Gaborone, Botswana |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5r1sNfkq4?url=http://www.cso.gov.bw/images/stories/Transport/2008_transport_report.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2010 |access-date=6 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Including the district of Gaborone West, Gaborone had 9,415 [[traffic collision|vehicle accidents]] with 74 [[automobile safety#Safety trends|human fatalities]] in 2008. Most of the traffic collisions in that year, 3,146 collisions, were [[side collision]]s. 263 accidents involved animals. The city has also seen 679 [[Pedestrian safety through vehicle design|pedestrian casualties]] in 2008; 24 pedestrians were killed. The majority of vehicle accident [[casualty (person)|casualties]] involved pedestrians, and most traffic accidents occur between 16:00 and 18:00.<ref name=transport />