A report by the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) in 2023 found that there were 2,237 fatal truck crashes involving 3,546 trucks over a five-year period. This is an average of at least one per day for five years.

 And these spate of truck accidents in South Africa has, once again, drawn attention to the dire state of road safety in South Africa, with trucks accounting for more fatalities per crash than any other type of road accident in the country.

Clarence Ford speaks to DSC Attorneys Partner, Kirstie Haslam.