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FILE IMAGE | A taxi involved in a crash.
Minister of Transport, Barbara Creecy, says Gauteng has the highest number of road fatalities, with 105 people killed in 95 crashes, since the start of the festive season.
She briefed the media at a road block on the N2 at Somerset West in the Western Cape on the mid-festive preliminary road safety figures.
Early indications are that compared to the same time last year, road fatalities have dropped by just over 20%.
Creecy says fatalities stood at 635 last year, compared to the 505 this year.
She says while preliminary figures show a decline, the daily road fatalities remain very high.
“The average road fatalities is still much much too high. On average, 32 fatalities everyday since start of festive season.”
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Let us ensure that the remainder of this festive season is remembered not for tragedy, but for lives saved and families reunited safely.
Together, let us make this festive period safer, and ensure that every South African arrives alive. pic.twitter.com/DCEtdkjVhH— Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) (@TrafficRTMC) December 19, 2025
