South Africa’s deadly roads have already started to claim the lives of road users as the festive season starts.

In Harding, on the South Coast of Kwazulu Natal, four police officer were killed in a road accident. The officers were on duty when their vehicle collided with a minibus taxi on the N2, injuring ten other people.

In another incident, eight people were killed in the Eastern Cape province – four in Limpopo and three in Cape Town over the weekend.

SABC Digital spoke to Andy Visser, marketing manager of the N3 Toll Concession and Lawrence Barrit, co-ordinator at Stay Alert, Stay Alive.