Law enforcement authorities will be out in their numbers this Easter Weekend to ensure that motorists drive safely and comply with traffic regulations.
Minister of Transport Barbara Creecy urged motorists to take personal responsibility for ensuring road safety.
“We are ready for the high volumes of traffic that we will experience throughout the country over the Easter Weekend. We encourage drivers to behave more responsibly on the roads and to ensure that the human factor is removed in road accidents.
“Driver and pedestrian behaviour is responsible for 87% of road accidents and fatalities in our country. And so, reducing road fatalities and accidents is the responsibility of each one of us,” said the Minister.
The Department of Transport has identified the most critical routes across the country requiring additional resources and more focused monitoring over this period.
These include, among others, the following:
• The N4 Nelspruit
• Mankweng (R71)
• Libode on the N2, Mthatha’s R61
• Parys (Free State), R54
• Harrismith and the N3
• KwaDukuza, N2 in KwaZulu-Natal
• N4 Middleburg in Mpumalanga
• Nongoma, R66 in KwaZulu-Natal
The National Traffic Police, South African Police Service provincial traffic departments, Cross Border Road Traffic Agency, Border Management Agency, the Metros and local authorities will work together to patrol routes leading to Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Free State, Eastern Cape and the Western Cape.
High visibility will also be maintained in Gauteng.
Last month, government launched the 2025 Easter Season Road Safety Arrive Alive campaign, which started on 20 March and runs until 2 May 2025, under the theme: ‘It begins with Me’.
“The campaign is aimed at reducing road fatalities during the high-traffic holiday period through integrated law enforcement and public education,” Creecy said. - SAnews.gov.za
