DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 25 December 2024

Road fatalities up by 3% since start of December

JOHANNESBURG - The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is calling for the nationalisation of traffic police officers, under the Department of Transport.

This comes after the mid-festive season road safety report showed a 3% increase, in road fatalities since the first of December .

Pedestrians are the most vulnerable with 45.6% of deaths, followed by passengers, drivers, and cyclists.

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