AT least 432 people have been killed in 286 crashes on South African roads since the start of the festive season on December 1, Arrive Alive reported on Monday night. Of those killed 116 were drivers, 197 were passengers and 119 pedestrians. Eastern Cape usurped KwaZulu-Natal’s dubious distinction of having the highest number of deaths with 64, followed by KwaZulu-Natal with 63 and 55 in the North West Province. Statistics for the rest of the country were: Free State (52), Western Cape (48), Gauteng (46), Mpumalanga (44), the Northern Province (38) and Northern Cape (22).