Two complaints were received from the same Complainant against the Broadcaster: The first 
complaint was that a broadcast about drunk drivers in KwaZulu Natal contained incorrect figures regarding the number of road deaths per year on South African Roads. The Broadcaster used the official figure for “fatal crashes” while the Complainant used the official figure for “fatalities”. The matter was referred to an adjudicator of the BCCSA and the adjudicator accepted that the figure stated by the Broadcaster correctly reflects the number of road deaths and that there was no contravention of the Code. On appeal, the Tribunal found that “fatal crashes” and “fatalities” are not the same and that the figure used by the Broadcaster is not correct. The Broadcaster therefore contravened the Code and the appeal succeeds. The complaint is upheld and the Broadcaster is reprimanded.
In the second complaint the Complainant alleged that the Broadcaster again used an incorrect figure in another broadcast when reporting that almost 40 persons died daily on South African roads. The Broadcaster, referring to the same official report, chose to refer to the average figure for a 3 year period while the Complainant used the official figure for 2006. It was found that the Broadcaster used its editorial freedom to decide on an average figure and that it did not contravene the Code by doing so. The complaint is not upheld.