Easter road carnage
Stats on Easter road carnage show women better drivers than men
A gender breakdown of contributory factors related to human behaviour shows that male drivers accounted for 71% of fatalities with female drivers accounting for...
The RTMC says the conduct of Gauteng officers deployed to Mpumalanga over Easter weekend who refused shared accommodation is ‘unacceptable’.
Last night, a minibus taxi was involved in a collision resulting to the 13 deaths four people are in a critical condition in hospital.
Officials have expressed concern over the increase in the number of head-on collisions over the past week.
Authorities are pleading with motorists on routes leading to routes leading to JHB and CT to be patient.
Gauteng townships are now being closely monitored after a series of serious accidents.
Traffic volumes will peak from today as people take to the roads to head off on holiday.
The RTMC has deployed its own traffic officers to join other officials to reduce road deaths.
In one incident, 5 adults & 2 children were killed when the driver lost control of a vehicle near Montagu.
Advocate Makhosini Msibi from the Road Traffic Management Corporation speaks to Radio 702’s Udo Carelse about the road carnage which took place over the Easter holidays.
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The number of road deaths over the Easter period is down for the first time in three years.
In 2013, 241 people died over the same period, while 217 died in 2012 and 214 in 2011.
Authorities say 40 percent of those who lost their lives over the Easter weekend were pedestrians.
There have been at least 80 serious crashes across the country since Thursday.
Five people have been killed in the province this weekend in comparison to 14 last year.
Over 25 people have been killed on SA's roads since the start of the Easter weekend.
The RTMC says teams will begin formulating ways to decrease the number of crashes in high accident zones.
Authorities say the Free State and Limpopo have the highest reported numbers of deaths.