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13,768 road accident fatalities in 2009

Most deaths in KZN, followed by Gauteng and Mpumalanga

13,768 people died in accidents on South African roads in 2009. This is according to data from the Road Traffic Management Corporation provided in a reply to a parliamentary question by the Minister of Transport. This is slightly down from the 13,873 recorded road accident fatalities in 2008.

KwaZulu Natal was the province with the highest number of deaths in 2009 (2,855), followed by Gauteng (2,485), Mpumalanga (1,764) and the Eastern Cape (1,543).

There were 10,343 road accident fatalities in 2010 up until September - the last month for which statistics were available. See graph and tables below.

By comparison 2,222 people were killed in road accidents in the United Kingdom in 2009, and 4,152 in Germany the same year.

Table 1: Number of Fatalities per Province per Month 2008

Month

GA

KZ

WC

EC

FS

MP

NW

LI

NC

RSA

Jan-08

162

156

102

120

80

86

70

100

26

900

Feb-08

237

173

125

81

45

94

54

93

54

955

Mar-08

231

223

134

140

67

160

118

123

36

1,231

Apr-08

225

172

155

99

67

136

105

102

31

1,093

May-08

274

200

118

155

72

94

98

105

10

1,125

Jun-08

190

268

118

147

96

166

110

123

37

1,255

Jul-08

272

300

191

117

83

168

98

101

33

1,363

Aug-08

278

229

133

125

23

192

104

103

9

1,196

Sep-08

232

231

110

138

72

119

95

131

23

1,151

Oct-08

188

243

106

121

86

252

110

82

26

1,213

Nov-08

88

198

106

101

83

227

98

136

23

1,058

Dec-08

232

249

124

146

107

160

107

175

33

1,333

Total

2,609

2,642

1,522

1,490

881

1,854

1,167

1,374

341

13,873

Table 2: Number of Fatalities per Province per Month 2009

Month

GA

KZ

WC

EC

FS

MP

NW

LI

NC

RSA

Jan-09

208

173

127

122

67

104

89

95

27

1,013

Feb-09

153

158

75

95

50

98

64

77

18

787

Mar-09

168

351

118

100

58

116

54

110

45

1,119

Apr-09

237

246

80

118

81

140

111

133

21

1,165

May-09

236

300

128

62

79

159

98

124

23

1,208

Jun-09

155

226

112

99

66

146

104

148

17

1,072

Jul-09

223

234

124

115

92

147

123

151

19

1,227

Aug-09

192

283

88

170

82

147

123

123

26

1,235

Sep-09

209

266

106

199

98

165

74

131

30

1,279

Oct-09

204

190

88

131

101

161

82

146

28

1,132

Nov-09

252

191

114

132

87

130

112

93

22

1,133

Dec-09

248

237

125

200

106

161

97

162

61

1,398

Total

2,485

2,855

1,285

1,543

967

1,674

1,131

1,493

337

13,768

Table 3: Number of Fatalities per Province per Month 2010

Month

GA

KZ

WC

EC

FS

MP

NW

LI

NC

RSA

Jan-10

135

213

97

109

101

105

83

102

26

971

Feb-10

181

235

105

60

66

99

70

127

72

1,015

Mar-10

154

176

140

121

139

91

128

114

25

1,088

Apr-10

100

274

98

195

106

117

65

121

23

1,099

May-10

212

188

175

151

77

122

107

111

36

1,179

Jun-10

136

266

89

180

98

144

88

130

43

1,174

Jul-10

228

261

111

174

95

158

121

151

23

1,322

Aug-10

178

252

98

174

89

131

114

149

28

1,213

Sep-10

243

227

92

159

102

184

105

147

24

1,282

Total

1,567

2,092

1,005

1,323

873

1,151

881

1,152

300

10,343

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