More than 1 400 people died on South African roads during the festive season, Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has revealed. | iavanpijoos
More than 1 400 people died on South African roads during the festive season.Gauteng saw an increase in road deaths.Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula revealed this at the release of the 2022-'23 festive season road traffic statistics on Tuesday.
"The 2022-'23 festive season recorded significant gains in our efforts to arrest road fatalities," he said. Mbalula said pedestrian deaths constituted 54% of all fatalities in Gauteng and the Western Cape, meaning that for every 100 people who died on the roads, 54 were pedestrians. Mbalula said 1 600 people were arrested for warrants executed, 1 094 operating licences, while 947 drunk driving cases were opened.
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