The Street Accident Fund (RAF) has inspired highway customers to be accountable on the roads this Easter weekend, whereas highlighting the numerous prices that highway accidents have on authorities spending and society.
Within the 2023/2024 monetary yr, the RAF settled claims to the worth of R45.6 billion.
The quantity included R47 million for funeral claims, R21.6 billion for lack of earnings, R12.7 billion for common damages, R2.6 billion for lack of assist and R1.7 billion for medical compensation.
‘Fatality free’
“The RAF pleads with South African highway customers to make this Easter fatality free by utilizing the roads responsibly.
“Street fatalities and trauma lead to devastating emotional, social and financial prices to the victims, their households and the nation.
“This requires a direct change of perspective by all highway customers.
“Easter 2024 recorded the very best Easter weekend fatalities since 2019 with 335 deaths.
“This was a pointy enhance from 252 deaths in 2023,” the RAF mentioned.
Human error, automobile failure, and environmental components all considerably contributed to the 1 325 fatalities recorded from 2019 to 2024 Easter weekend automobile crashes.
Main human issue contributors have been dashing, jaywalking, and hit-and-run.
Automobile associated components that resulted within the highest accidents have been tyre bursts, brake failures, and clean tyres. Environmental components corresponding to poor visibility, sharp bends, stray animals, and highway floor defects additionally jeopardise peoples’ highway security and require warning.
RAF Chief Government Officer Collins Letsoalo mentioned: “Reckless driving, pedestrian negligence, and poor automobile upkeep stay main contributors to highway crashes. These are all components that we will do one thing about as particular person highway customers.
“Arrivals at unintended locations ought to by no means occur. We encourage all highway customers to pledge to themselves or whoever is treasured to them to drive responsibly and make this Easter weekend fatality free.”
Find out how to contact the RAF
Within the occasion of being concerned in a motorcar accident, the RAF could be reached on 087 820 1 111 from Monday to Friday, 07:45 to 16:00.
Claimants may additionally contact the RAF’s Contact Centre on the WhatsApp quantity 071 605 4707, through SMS on 44930, or by e-mail on contactcentre@raf.co.za.
As well as, the RAF is reachable via its places of work countrywide, particulars of which can be found on its web site on www.raf.co.za.
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