Outa wants the transport department to work with civil organisations to solve the ⛔road safety crisis and other transport issues.🚦🚚 roadsafety Full story here➡️
41 cars were involved in an collision on the N3 near Hilton, KwaZulu-Natal on Monday. Photo: Supplied
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse this weekend urged the Department of Transport to engage with civil society to find solutions to the road safety crisis and other transport issues. In a press statement, Outa says the dire situation of a 40% increase in road fatalities in SA over the Easter period sends a clear signal that government is ineffective and unable to deal with this ongoing problem.Andrea van Heerden, Outa’s senior legal project manager said:
We are extremely concerned over the fact that 225 people died on the country’s roads in such a short period, especially since it shows an increase of 40% when compared to the same period last year. Despite the Department of Transport’s “Decade of Action for Road Safety” programme, running between 2010 and 2020 and aligned with a United Nation’s initiative aimed at improving global road safety and reducing road deaths and serious injuries by 50%, the situation in SA continues to worsen with the carnage increasing year on year, said Outa.
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