NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 66
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: 30 MARCH 2010
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: FRIDAY, 5 MARCH 2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 4 â 2010)
Mr D A Worth (DA - FS) asked the Minister of Transport:
(1) How many road accidents were reported in the Free State in (a) 2007,
(b) 2008 and (c) 2009;
(2) whether any claims were made by the public against the State
regarding accidents on roads in the Free State in the said years; if
so, how many claims in each year;
(3) whether any amounts were awarded in any of these years; if so, (a)
what amounts in each year and (b) what factors led to the success of
each claim against the State?
CW92E
REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
1) (a) 621 fatal crashes were reported in 2007 with 833 fatalities;
b) 426 fatal crashes were reported in 2008 with 577 fatalities; and
c) 433 fatal crashes reported in 2009 with 596 recorded fatalities.
The Department of Police, Roads and Transport, Free State Province has
furnished the following in respect of parts (2) and (3) of the
Question:
(2)
|Year |Claims |
|2006/2007 |3 |
|2007/2008 |22 |
|2008/2009 |36 |
|2009/2010 |31 |
⪠13 cases are still pending.
(3)(a)
|Year |Amount claimed |Amount paid |
|2006/2007 |R11 830 000-00 |Pending |
|2007/2008 |R4 996 817.84 |R81 166.59 |
|2008/2009 |R20 232 376.77 |R60 965.83 |
|2009/2010 |R717 072.76 |R95 619.01 |
⪠Total amount pending: R19019 838.56
(b) According to the Department of Police, Roads and Transport in the
Free
State, the successes for the payment of the claims were because the
Department was at fault by not maintaining the roads
properly eg. potholes
not fixed, no sufficient road signs or obsolete road signs.  These
were the factors, in most cases, that led to the success of each
claim against the State.
