Minister Fikile Mbalula officially launches 2022 Festive Season Road Safety Campaign

The Minister of Transport, Mr. Fikile Mbalula will officially launch the 2022/23 Festive Season Road Safety awareness Campaign at the Heidelberg Weighbridge on the N3 on Thursday, 8 December in the Gauteng province.

The Festive Season road safety awareness campaign is a government programme that aims to priorities and promote safer road usage during the high peak season on South African roads.

The objective of the campaign is not only to ensure smooth flows of traffic, but also to prevent negligent and reckless driving which could result in road crashes, injuries and fatalities.

The road safety launch is a collaboration between different levels of government, transport entities led by CEOs, private sector organisations, NGOs and key stakeholders and role players.

Festive season activities in South Africa are associated with year-end celebrations, economic industry slowdowns and year-end closures, increased traffic volumes and increased road crash incidents - the large proportion of road crash victims usually being pedestrians and passengers as a result of lack or even non use of safety belts and jaywalking.

Minister Mbalula will be joined during the launch by Transport and Community Safety MECs together with law enforcement chiefs from various provinces as well as crash survivors who will give personal testimonies of the effects and consequences of road crashes on the lives.

Source: Government of South Africa