December crashes claim 186

Creation date: 14 December 2009

A total of 186 people have died in road accidents during December thus far, the transport department said on Sunday.
 

"According to preliminary figures, 186 people — comprising 58 drivers, 75 passengers and 53 pedestrians — died on South Africa's roads from 1 to 11 December 2009," the department said in a statement.
 

On Friday and Saturday alone, more than 300 drunk drivers were arrested in the Eastern Cape.
 

This week on the N2 near Scottburgh in Kwazulu-Natal, a motorcyclist, aged 33, was arrested doing 232 kilometres per hour.
 

He was released on R3000 bail.

Source: http://news.iafrica.com/sa/1928166.htm