South Africa saw a decrease in road deaths compared to the previous festive season.
The two most deadly weeks on South Africa’s roads over the festive period were 15 to 21 December and 22 to 28 December 2022, with fatalities reaching 327 and 316, respectively, the RTMC said.
The group noted with particular concern the rising number of pedestrian deaths, which grew from 31% to 41%.The statistics are worse in the Western Cape and Gauteng, where pedestrian deaths contributed to 54% of all road fatalities. One example occurred in Pretoria, where three children were killed by a driver whoCyclist fatalities also decreased slightly, from 3% to 2%.
– gathered from the World Health Organisation – shows that South Africa only had a 31% seat-belt wearing rate, which was incredibly low.Gauteng recorded the most road deaths, but the speed cameras in Johannesburg and Tshwane only came back online on, the fatality risk reduces by 41% in areas with high levels of speed enforcement.
Finally, as per Zutobi’s 2021 report, 57.5% of road deaths in South Africa were alcohol-related, which was by far the highest number in the study – Ireland comes in second with 39%.
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