Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says for the first time in five years, the country has managed to reduce the road death toll by 700 so far this year.
She was speaking at the launch of the 365 Days Arrive Alive Road Safety Campaign, along the N1 near Kroonstad in the Free State.
Creecy adds that the country recorded more than 9 000 road fatalities this year and that her department aims to halve this number by 2030.