South Africa saw fewer road fatalities in the 2017 festive period‚ the Department of Transport announced on Monday.
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi said 1‚527 people died on the roads between 1 December 2017 and 15 January 2018. This was significantly lower than the 1‚714 fatalities recorded in the 2016 festive period.
1 December 2017 to 15 Jan 2018, 1527 people died on the roads in that period compare to 1714 fatalities the same period the previous year #ArriveAlive @_ArriveAlive @TrafficRTMC @GovernmentZA @Joemaswanganyi6 @TransportLimCom pic.twitter.com/b50C16teC3
— Department of Transport (@DoTransport) January 22, 2018
The majority of those killed were pedestrians.
Maswanganyi’s report said the percentage of fatalities among pedestrians increased to 37% from 34% in the previous year. Drivers accounted for 27% of fatalities‚ compared to 23% recorded in the previous year.
Highest number of fatalities was among pedestrians which increased from 34% to 37% and fatalities among drivers from 23% to 27% #ArriveAlive @_ArriveAlive @Joemaswanganyi6 @TransportLimCom @GovernmentZA @rtia_aarto @RAF_SA @GCISMedia pic.twitter.com/6zSCKLw5b7
— Department of Transport (@DoTransport) January 22, 2018
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by Naledi Shange -TimesLIVE
