Question NW306 to the Minister of Transport
12 August 2019 - NW306
Hunsinger, Mr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to the Road Accident Fund (RAF), what number of (a) claims were submitted during 2018-19, (b) cases were disputed and assigned to RAF appointed lawyers for defence and (c) cases which were under litigation during 2018-19 were ruled on in the form of a judgment in court?
Reply:
With reference to the Road Accident Fund (RAF),
a) 328 173 claims were submitted during the 2018-19 financial year,
b) 52 166 cases were disputed and assigned to RAF appointed lawyers for defense and
c) the RAF is not in a position to provide the number of cases under litigation during the 2018-19 financial year which were ruled on in the form of a judgment in court, as the RAF’s reporting systems do not currently distinguish between outcomes resulting from the various court processes.