Question NW677 to the Minister of Transport
22 March 2018 - NW677
Hunsinger, Dr CH to ask the Minister of Transport
With reference to the payments made by the Road Accident Fund (RAF) (a) in the (i) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017, (aa) what is the average turn-around time from application to full payment to the victim, (bb) what is the average pay out amount, (cc) what is the total number of applications that have been outstanding for the longest period, (dd) what are the reasons that each application is outstanding and (ee) what is the total amount of each outstanding application?
Reply:
With reference to the payments made by the Road Accident Fund in
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(ii) 2016-17 financial years |
and (b) since 1 April 2017, |
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(aa) the average turn-around time from application to full payment to the victim was, |
1,238 days |
1,194 days |
1,165 days |
(bb) the average pay out amount was, |
R 539,425 |
R 521,855 |
R 542,926 |
(cc) the total number of applications that have been outstanding for longer than 10 years was, |
5,263 personal claims (as at 31 March 2016) |
3,256 personal claims (as at 31 March 2017) |
2,827 personal claims (as at 28 February 2018) |
(dd) the reasons that each application is outstanding are, |
(due to the number of personal claims involved it is not feasible to furnish reasons, on an individual claim basis, instead a high-level summary of the most common reasons is provided) |
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and (ee) the total amount of each outstanding application is |
R241,622 (average claimed amount) |
R325,160 (average claimed amount) |
R372,658 (average claimed amount) |