SA records over 1,500 festive season road deaths

JOHANNESBURG - The number of people who died on the country's roads during the festive season increased by 5.3% when compared to the previous year

This means that 1,502 people died during the period under review.

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy released the road fatality statistics on Monday afternoon.

The Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Free State recorded increases of 70, 54 and 21 fatalities respectively compared to the 2023/24 financial year.

This is while Gauteng, Western Cape and Mpumalanga recorded decreases of 76, 23 and 15 fatalities respectively.

Creecy says it's disturbing that most crashes and deaths are a result of human factors.

The minister says to be precise, 87% of crashes occurred due to human behaviour.