Wednesday, January 04, 2012

1 232 killed on SA roads in December

Andisa Mkosi
4 January 2012

The Road Traffic Management Corporation reported that thirty-nine people were killed each day on South Africa's roads between December 1 and 31.

Spokesperson of The Road Traffic Management Corporation Ashref Ismail,said a total of 1 232 people were killed over that period, in 1 027 crashes countrywide.

Ismail said between December 26 and 31, a total of 179 131 vehicles were stopped and screened countrywide.

For the same period 373 people were arrested for various traffic offences, including 193 for drunken driving and 40 for speeding.

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