Existing statistics indicate that more than 90% of road accidents are fatal in both low- and middle-income countries. Globally, there are 1.35 million road fatalities every year, which are estimated to cost approximately US$ 518 billion to governments, making road fatalities the 8th leading cause of death across all age groups and the leading cause of death of children and young adults. In South Africa, the annual number of road fatalities has increased by 26% in recent years, worsening the socioeconomic development of all South Africans. In this segment, we unpack a paper that analyses the potential causality relationships between several variables linked to road accident events.