At least 676 people have lost their lives in road-related accidents, just nineteen days into December.
|||KwaZulu-Natal - Since the beginning of this month, at least 676 people have died on South African roads from 564 crashes.
This was revealed by the Road Traffic Management Corporation on Tuesday.
More than 280 000 cars have been stopped and screened so far.
Of these 594 vehicles have been impounded.
The corporation also highlighted that more than 1 000 people had been arrested for various infringements on the roads over the same period.
Among those, 301 people have been arrested for drunken driving, 42 for speeding, and 15 for reckless and negligent driving.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation has issued 44 788 tickets to motorists. - The Mercury