A tourist bus careened into a MyCiti bus stop before slamming into two parked cars at the bustling intersection of Kloof Nek and Belle Ombre roads in Cape Town on Saturday.
On Monday (19 February), while cycling along Chapman’s Peak Drive, Brent Hubert had an unfortunate crash with an unnamed driver on a superbike.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation Festive Season plan for 2023/24 highlighted critical routes that have seen more fatal crashes taking place during the past five-year period.
If you do find yourself needing to commute to work or are mad enough to want to go out, you will definitely have found that the roads are pure chaos in the rain.
The crash involved five trucks, eight minibus taxis, and 22 light motor vehicles.
As we edge closer to the festive season, our roads become nightmarish once more. Although to be fair, that’s pretty much a year-round thing these days.
Dashcam footage shows a barefoot woman standing in the middle of the N1 South in Tshwane after her vehicle’s tyres were spiked late on Sunday morning.
The South African Police Service is out in full force, so it is a good time to discuss your rights if you’re pulled over at a roadblock.
It’s not easy to convince people that they should adhere to rules put in place for their own safety. Sometimes, you have to call in the Vikings.
A self-professed road safety campaigner from New Zealand became a phallic artist in a campaign to get his local council to fix the area’s potholes.
The country’s new demerit system is here, so it’s probably a good idea to take note of what you’ll be up against on the roads.
Head of eThekwini Metro Police, Steve Middleton, has announced a temporary ban on breathalyser tests for Durban’s motorists.
With cyclists constantly riding in fear of being clipped by a motorist, this woman reckons her safety tip could be a game-changer.
The new Evidential Breathalyser Alcohol Test will make it easier to identify drunk drivers, who could then face up to a week in jail pending a bail hearing.
Spare a thought for this poor truck driver, who reacted in a truly South African way to almost being run off the road.
There was a 6% decrease in overall fatalities this past festive season, and it has a lot to do with the new smart tech that traffic officers are using in the Western Cape.
It was another deadly festive season on South Africa’s roads, but there’s nothing shocking on that front. Do a little comparison, though, and the scale of the problem becomes clearer.
Sometimes the adverts we remember are those that shock us the most, which is why this latest campaign in Canada is pretty genius.
Surely removing the human element from driving makes the roads safer, right? Perhaps we might want to look a little deeper before making those assumptions.
Arnold Schwarzenegger got into a bit of trouble in Aus – seems he was testing out just how invincible he is, even without his terminator outfit.
Pay attention on the road out there guys – the latest statistics on road deaths in South Africa are in and it should give us a good kick up the backside.
Very scary stats and numbers have been announced about child pedestrian deaths in the Western Cape. Look after your kids, everyone.
It’s lovely to feel the wind in your hair, and just hear the roar of the bikes engine. And it’s lovely to roll down your car windows and turn the music louder. But, as lovely as this all is, remember to stay aware of your surroundings and happenings…
Being visible to motorists as a pedestrian is an incredibly important concern missing in South Africa, which has resulted in a high number of road accidents.
Probably one of the most famous pictures and album covers of The Beatles has been used to cut down about 20% of road deaths in Calcutta.
South Africa has just come off the back of yet another festive season crippled with road deaths. It seems appropriate then that an experiment has revealed the ultimate safe driving songs playlist.
The clampdown on drunken driving is in full swing, and the provincial traffic department is currently in negotiations with the police to initiate on-the-spot blood testing at roadblocks. This will provide solid and immediate evidence for prosecution.
An SA Roadlink bus has overturned just outside of Bloemfontein, killing five people and leaving another 25 seriously injured. The bus itself was less than a week old, and had two drivers on board. It was travelling from Cape Town to Johannesburg.
Many of us are still really, really naughty about making phone calls and texting while driving. This despite the obviously dangerous distraction of cellphone usage behind the wheel. New reports show there has been a spike in the number of cellphone-related road accidents in South Africa recently – surprising, given how vigorously authorities are trying to clamp down on dangerous driving.
It’s that time of the year again – the Easter silly season, when people risk their lives driving like lunatics on our national roads. To counter the madness, the Western Cape government has announced it will be setting up roadblocks where you and I least expect them, as part of a grand plan which aims to see zero road deaths in the province over the Easter period.