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There have been 719 fatalities – a 4.3% drop, recorded in the first three weeks of the 2023/24 festive season compared to 751 in the same period, according to Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga together with the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), when releasing mid-term festive season campaign statistics at the Villiers toll plaza in Mpumalanga on Friday.
Chikunga also said crashes have decreased by 0.8% in comparison to the festive period in 2022.
Gauteng recorded the most fatalities followed by Mpumalanga, Limpopo, KZN and Western Cape.
According to Chikunga fatal crashes start to increase between 7pm and 8pm as well as between 10pm to 11pm.
“Also in the early hours of the morning between 1am and 2am. There’s now a new phenomenon which is the emergence of crashes between 9am and 11am on usual days such as Mondays and Tuesdays.”
Road traffic officials have been on the ground
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