THE road death toll since December 1 has rocketed to 834 as motorists continue to stream home from their holiday destinations, Arrive Alive said on Wednesday morning. In a statement it said that in the 587 accidents, 374 of the dead were passengers, 243 were pedestrians and 217 were drivers. Figures show that KwaZulu-Natal recorded the highest death toll with 126 fatalities followed by the Free State with 121 and Gauteng with 107. The death toll in the other provinces is: Eastern Cape (106), North West (87), Northern Province (87), Western Cape (82), Mpumalanga (79) and Northern Cape (39).