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Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says there has been a spike in crashes with multiple fatalities. Seventeen motor vehicle crashes were recorded this year, compared to seven over the same period in 2020. SABCNews

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says there has been a spike in. Seventeen motor vehicle crashes were recorded this year, compared to seven over the same period in 2020.

The R80 Mabopane highway was jam-packed as law enforcement agencies embarked on a campaign drive to promote safer road usage. “Statistics have revealed that people who died on our roads this year were passengers at 35% followed by pedestrians at 34% – drivers at 26% and motorcyclists at 1% and bicycle riders at 1%. The vehicle types that had the most contribution to fatal crashes were minibusses. light delivery vehicles and trucks. Most fatal crashes happen during the early hours of the morning and early evening,” says Mbalula.

 

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Drinking and driving must be one of the main reasons for such a rise.

We do not have the new people in the government comming with new ideas what we observe it's a recycling of the people. Does it means that we are short of intelligence people .I think is the first blunder doing by the government these people have already reached the ceiling.

There's also a spike in Fix fokoling

If the railway network was running there will not be so many road deaths to report MbalulaFikile. Sadly there is no more railways

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