1,427 road deaths recorded this festive season

JOHANNESBURG - The Transport Department reported that 1,427 people died in road accidents over the 2023/24 festive period.

This is a 1.7 percent drop from the 2022/23 holiday period.

Most people who died were pedestrians, and people aged 25 and 44 years.

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Gauteng recorded more deaths on the road, while the Free State recorded a decline.

Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga released the statistics on Wednesday.

She said human factors contributed 80.8 percent of the crashes, environmental factors 10.4 percent and vehicle factors 8.8 percent.