health
THE lack of awareness and corruption go hand in hand in the high death of healthy children – aged 8 and below – in vehicle accidents in South Africa.
This is accompanied by the high number of drivers on the roads without the required licences, a high rate of drunk drivers, as well as unroadworthy vehicles.
An analysis into the deaths of children killed by vehicles also found that the country’s roads are generally in a poor condition. All this combined leaves children, breadwinners, pedestrians and others, at the risk of being involved in accidents.
Vehicle accidents are the single biggest killer of healthy children. They can also suffer severe brain
