Traffic statistics

Daily traffic statistics

View the latest road statistics. This report shows all casualties, including tables for serious injuries and fatalities.

The table below shows the current year to date road statistics against the annual totals from each year since 2004.

Year	Fatalities	Fatal crashes	Serious injuries	Serious injury crashes
2023*	16	15	100	86
2022**	71	68	695	617
2021	99	94	827	716
2020	93	85	715	624
2019	114	110	833	729
2018	80	75	576	485
2017	100	93	622	533
2016	86	77	692	574
2015	102	96	759	657
2014	108	96	711	594
2013	97	89	790	666
2012	94	86	761	637
2011	103	95	932	781
2010	118	105	1,050	886
2009	119	104	1,108	908
2008	99	87	1,217	996
2007	125	108	1,368	1,090
2006	117	104	1,358	1,092
2005	147	126	1,296	994
2004	139	128	1,331	1,071
* Year to date - report date as of 2359 hrs 05 February 2023 (SAPOL data) Preliminary Figures Please note that the information in the table is taken from DIT Road Crash Database and is collated using recommended national guidelines. As a consequence, this information will be different from SAPOL figures which is extracted from the Vehicle Collision System which includes ALL road crashes regardless of where they occurred and the circumstances.**