Easter road carnage
Minister Mbalula’s Easter road safety stats don’t add up – AA
Earlier this week Minister Fikile Mbalula announced that 235 people were killed on the country's roads during the Easter break.
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Harsher laws, jail time will help SA reduce road carnage, says Mbalula
Two hundred and thirty-five (235) people were killed on the country’s roads, a 9.6% decrease compared to the same period in 2019.
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Motorists warned to abide by road rules over Easter weekend
The Easter weekend typically marks one of the busiest and often deadliest periods on South Africa's roads. Traffic officials are out in their numbers to monitor increasing traffic volumes.
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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 just 24%.
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‘Comply and complain later’ RTMC tells aggrieved traffic officers
The RTMC says the conduct of Gauteng officers deployed to Mpumalanga over Easter weekend who refused shared accommodation is ‘unacceptable’.
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13 people killed in separate road crashes in KZN
Last night, a minibus taxi was involved in a collision resulting to the 13 deaths four people are in a critical condition in hospital.
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WC officials to clamp down on bad driving during Easter holidays
Officials have expressed concern over the increase in the number of head-on collisions over the past week.
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#EasterWeekend: Traffic on major routes moving on a snail pace
Authorities are pleading with motorists on routes leading to routes leading to JHB and CT to be patient.
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Over 50 Gauteng motorists arrested for drunk driving
Gauteng townships are now being closely monitored after a series of serious accidents.
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WC traffic officials gear up for busy Easter
Traffic volumes will peak from today as people take to the roads to head off on holiday.
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More traffic officials deployed on roads ahead of Easter weekend
The RTMC has deployed its own traffic officers to join other officials to reduce road deaths.
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11 killed in WC long weekend road accidents
In one incident, 5 adults & 2 children were killed when the driver lost control of a vehicle near Montagu.
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South Africa’s road carnage over the Easter holidays
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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CARTOON: A Smashing Easter
CARTOON: A Smashing Easter
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Visible policing helps reduce road deaths
The number of road deaths over the Easter period is down for the first time in three years.
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Easter road deaths down to 193
In 2013, 241 people died over the same period, while 217 died in 2012 and 214 in 2011.
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Pedestrian deaths increase over Easter
Authorities say 40 percent of those who lost their lives over the Easter weekend were pedestrians.
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Easter road carnage toll climbs to 103
There have been at least 80 serious crashes across the country since Thursday.
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Easter road fatalities in WC decrease
Five people have been killed in the province this weekend in comparison to 14 last year.
