Road death toll hits 965
2005-12-28 12:57
Johannesburg - The death toll on South Africa's roads during the holiday season had reached 965, said the department of transport on Wednesday.
Collen Msibi said 411 of the casualties were pedestrians and 88 were children under 14.
In a statement headed: "Government does its road safety bit - What about you?", Msibi said that although "shocking", the figure was down from the 1 140 deaths for the same period last year.
Most fatalities were in KwaZulu-Natal with 183 deaths, followed by Gauteng with 162, the Eastern Cape 115, Mpumalanga 110, the Western Cape 104, Limpopo 91, North West 87, the Free State 79, and the Northern Cape 34.
- SAPA