ARRIVE Alive on Thursday put the death toll on South African roads since December 1 at 288. It said in a statement that the fatalities were caused in 189 accidents. The North West province reported the most deaths at 45, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 41 and the Eastern Cape with 39. Death tolls in the other provinces were: Mpumalanga, 37; Free State, 35; Western Cape, 30; Gauteng, 28; Northern Province, 24; and the Northern Cape, 9.