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1,427 people died on the roads during festive season

Pretoria

Thabiso Goba

15 January 2026 | 8:00

This represents a 5% reduction in road fatalities compared to the previous festive season.

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy a media briefing in Pretoria presenting the festive season road statistics on 15 January 2025. Picture: GCIS

A total of 1,427 people died on the roads during the festive season.

This represents a 5% reduction in road fatalities compared to the previous festive season.

On Thursday morning, the Department of Transport released the festive season road safety report for the 2025/2026 period.

Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy said that there was a total of 1,172 crashes recorded during this period, which represents the lowest number of crashes in five years.

“There was a noticeable increase in the number of crashes and fatalities from 15 to 28 of December. These two weeks contributed more than 40% to crashes and fatalities," said Creecy

“This re-confirms that festive season crashes and fatalities increase once travellers have reached their destinations and are engaging in festivities rather than during the peak travel periods.”