Another year, another chance for us all to remember our road crash dead and injured. Mention is often made of 14, 000 people dying on South Africa’s roads annually as well as the R306 billion cost of crashes per year to the country. But what of the social loss to families and friends? One cannot calculate that. As we observe this year’s World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims (WDR) on Sunday 20 November 2016)[1], we should keep this in mind; reflect on our progress in meeting the target of the Decade of Action for road safety goal of halving fatalities by 2020 and ask ourselves some difficult questions. Continue reading “A call to reflect on our progress as we observe the World Day of Remembrance”