South Africa's road death toll an estimated one thousand
Imogen Vollenhoven
26
December 2012
It has been reported that RTMC spokesman
Ashraf Ismail said the national death toll was at this stage likely to be over
1, 100.
Ismail said the
majority of accidents reported do far were head on collisions.
The Road
Traffic Management Corporation yesterday said the number of people killed on
South Africa's roads was estimated to be more than 1, 000.
At least 11
people were killed in various road accidents over the weekend.
He said the
estimate was based on the fact that an average of between 38 and 40 people died
daily on roads nationwide.
In the Western
Cape, authorities say the province's road death toll has risen to 142 since the
beginning of December.
Accroding to reports provincial traffic chief
Kenny Africa said the figure was 15 fatalities more than what was recorded last
year.
He also warned
that traffic officers would clamp-down on all road offenders.
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