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Despite reduction in fatalities SA is still blighted by road deaths, says AA 22 January 2021 - 14:55 By Motoring Reporter and AASA The AA says it has become too routine for South Africans to accept road traffic fatalities will continue, or decrease nominally, annually without more being done to reverse the situation. Image: Supplied
The Automobile Association (AA) says a reduction in fatalities on the country’s roads during the recent festive season is welcome news but must be seen in the context of decreased traffic volumes over the same period the previous year.
Speaking in Gauteng on Friday, transport minister Fikile Mbalula announced the festive season road statistics, noting t from December 1 2020 to January 11 2021, 1,448 people died on the roads in 1,210 fatal crashes.
Five people travelling in the minibus, believed to be members of one family, were declared dead at the scene. A 15-year-old boy in the minibus survived the crash but was critically injured,
In Limpopo, five people died and three were injured on Sunday afternoon, after the driver of a Toyota Corolla allegedly overtook another vehicle “recklessly”.
The car said to have caused the crash in Limpopo. Picture: Twitter/@Dotransport
The actions of the driver resulted in the car colliding head-on with a truck on the N1 south, near Kranskop.
Picture: Twitter/@Dotransport
Adverse weather conditions
Rainy weather has resulted in widespread flooding, especially across Gauteng, which has been experiencing consistent rainfall since Sunday.
Citizen reporter An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. Stay up to date with The Citizen – More News, Your Way. A cat runs away as members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) patrol the streets of the Johannesburg CBD, 1 April 2020, during a nationwide lockdown. South Africa s lockdown imposes strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Picture: Michel Bega
As of Saturday, 2 January 2021, the cumulative number of detected Covid-19 cases is 1 088 889 with 15 002 new cases identified, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has confirmed.
288 more Covid-19 related deaths were reported, with 92 from Eastern Cape, 9 from Free State, 39 from Gauteng, 29 from Kwa-Zulu Natal (KZN), 6 from Mpumalanga, 2 from Northern Cape and 111 from Western Cape.