BLOOD ON THE HANDS OF DRIVERS: YOUR EVENING COMMUTE IS A KILLING FIELD
New traffic data reveals a HORRIFYING TRUTH: human recklessness is fueling a massacre on South African roads. While official figures show a slight decrease, the raw numbers are a gut punch: 2,050 fatal crashes in just three months. That’s a war zone.
The clock is the deadliest weapon. A SIX-HOUR DEATH WINDOW from 4pm to 10pm—the heart of rush hour—claims over 36% of all lives. The peak hour? 7pm to 8pm. This isn’t an accident; it’s a PATTERN of impatient, distracted, and dangerous behavior.
Look at the carnage: a police chase ends in a head-on crash, killing five, including a toddler. A multi-vehicle pileup on the N4 claims five more. The RTMC’s own data SCREAMS the cause: a staggering 84% of these fatal crashes are due to HUMAN FACTORS. Not potholes. Not bad weather. PEOPLE.
Who dies? Pedestrians, just trying to get home, make up nearly ONE-THIRD of the fatalities. They are being mowed down by drivers who then flee the scene, with hit-and-runs accounting for another 22% of the slaughter.
While authorities boast of arrests for drunk driving and speeding, the body count keeps climbing. Transport Minister Barbara Creecy admits the grim reality: “Human error… is responsible for nine out of ten accidents.” Yet the nightly bloodletting continues unabated.
They tell you to wear white at night. They deploy more officers. But the graph doesn’t lie, and the morgues don’t empty.
The road death toll dropped by 700, but over 9,400 families still got that devastating knock on the door this year alone.
We are not in a traffic crisis. We are in a crisis of utter human disregard, and every sunset signals the opening of hunting season.
Edited for Kayitsi.com
Author: Kayitsi.com
