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EWN reports that according to DSC Attorneys, between 2023 and 2024, fatalities from motorbike accidents increased from 1.9% to 3.2% of all reported road accident deaths.
This is said to be the tragic consequence of the rising use of services like Uber Eats, Mr D, and Checkers Sixty60. Legal expert and Director at DSC Attorneys, Chris Smit, said the increase equated to roughly seven incidents per day – just from delivery drivers. He pointed out that in addition to the loss of life, his put a huge burden on the Road Accident Fund. “The Road Accident Fund is already burdened as it is, with the increase in the number of accidents the claims are also going to increase, and I don't think as it stands that they have the capacity to deal with this,” Smit opined.
- Read the original of the short report in the above regard by Keely Goodall and listen to an interview with Chris Smit at EWN
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