Statistics on the Easter road fatalities may‚ when the final numbers are in‚ be the highest Easter death toll to date‚ the Automobile Association (AA) said on Friday. The organisation was responding to the statistics released by Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi on Friday morning. The AA said the driving public and the government should "take serious stock of what these numbers mean". Last Easter’s preliminary figures indicated 156 deaths but after the 30-day waiting period to calculate the final numbers the fatalities rose to 245 — a 57% increase. This Easter’s preliminary figures show 235 deaths – 51% more than the 2016 figures for the same period. Last Easter’s preliminary figures indicated 156 deaths but after the 30-day waiting period to calculate the final numbers the fatalities rose to 245 — a 57% increase. "If the same applies this year‚ the final figure may be as high as 370 fatalities‚" the AA said. This year’s stats for the period April 13 to 17 show that half of those w...
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