WC transport minister announce drop in road fatalities

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Western Cape Transport Minister, Robin Carlisle has announced a 24% drop in  road fatalities since the end of 2008.

He released statistics on the province's Safely Home Programme today saying that the lives of more than a thousand people had been saved over that period.

Carlisle says the success of the campaign is a result of the buy-in by members of the public and other social partners.

He says there was a marginal 6% drop in road fatalities in the Western Cape between 1 December and the end of January.