Easter 2018 takes a grim toll on SA's roads: 510 killed, more than 6400 speeding motorists | Life

17 Apr 2018

Cape Town - The National Transport Department has released road death figures for the 2018 Easter long weekend.

Transport minister Blade Nzimande revealed that 510 people were killed on South Africa's roads during the 2018 Easter holiday; this represents a 14% increase from 2017's figure of 449.

The crashes were recorded from March 29 to April 9. The highest increase in fatalities were recorded in the Northern Cape, North West and Limpopo.

A scary number to consider - Easter road deaths were 510 fatalities in 12 days [42.5 per day on average] In 2016 - 14 071 road fatalities were reported by RTMC [38.5 per day for 365 days] #Easter @DoTransport @TrafficRTMC pic.twitter.com/zx7hzN9vgd
— Arrive Alive (@_ArriveAlive) April 17, 2018

The cost of road accidents on the South African economy are over R300 billion says Transport Deputy Minister Sindi Chikunga. #EasterRoadSafety #Easter #arrivealive
— SA Gov News (@SAgovnews) April 17, 2018

Easter road death toll - what do you think can be done to curb road deaths and improve safety? Email us

No wonder we have some many road fatalities. Look at this on the N1 to Polokwane. @TrafficRTMC @_ArriveAlive @FatalMoves @DoTransport pic.twitter.com/X5dk1Ww7BY
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) March 30, 2018

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