South Africa's road death toll an estimated one thousand

Imogen Vollenhoven
26 December 2012

 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.

 It has been reported that RTMC spokesman Ashraf Ismail said the national death toll was at this stage likely to be over 1, 100.

He said the estimate was based on the fact that an average of between 38 and 40 people died daily on roads nationwide.

 Ismail said the majority of accidents reported do far were head on collisions.

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.