The number of Easter road fatalities decreased by 48 percent (or 147 deaths) in comparison to 2018, Transport Minister Blade Nzimande said.
Pretoria - The number of Easter road fatalities has this year decreased by 48 percent, in comparison to 2018, Transport Minister Bonginkosi Blade Nzimande said on Thursday.
"I am pleased to announce that the number of fatalities decreased by 48 percent from 309 in 2018 to 162 in 2019. This marks a decrease of 147 fatalities. However, government is still concerned even by a single loss of life on our roads. All provinces recorded decreases in the number of fatalities," Nzimande addressed journalists in Pretoria.
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