A person with a disability shared a photo of a delivery vehicle parked on a disabled parking zone in Bloemfontein. We would like to request road users to obey the rules of the road at all time – and make a special plea to road users respect the parking needs of the disabled! How can [...]
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PG Glass’s ongoing involvement in the promotion of road safety led South Africa’s largest glass retailer to become one of the enthusiastic newcomers to the inniBOS National Arts Festival in Nelspruit this year. PG’s Marketing Director, Bernice Bailey, says large numbers of those attending the festival travel long distances to reach it, and the group [...]
A driver sustained serious injuries after losing control of his bakkie and going down an embankment on Kyalami Road in Westmead this afternoon. ER24 and EMRS paramedics arrived on the scene and found the bakkie half way down an embankment. The driver had been taken out of the vehicle by members of the public that [...]
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BETHLEHEM – It is a sad day for emergency services as a hero lost his life. Last week paramedics were injured while they were busy attending to a truck accident on the R26 outside of Bethlehem towards Reitz. Two paramedics, Mr Mahlatsi from the provincial ambulance and rescue services as well as Mr Rheeder from [...]
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A collision between a light motor vehicle and a delivery van at the intersection of Boom and chapel street has left two people with serious injuries, while a third person sustained minor injuries this morning. ER24 and other emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found the two vehicles just off from the intersection. The [...]
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― learn the right road safety habits from an early age ― Bridgestone South Africa has commented that parents need not wait until their children achieve driving age to instill good tyre care habits. “One of the most common childhood toys is a bicycle, which soon becomes an essential means of transport for many children,” [...]
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: When most think about insurance telematics or “Big Brother“ technology in vehicles, they consider the benefits for lower car insurance premiums. We tend to underestimate the impact that this technology might have on changing driver behaviour and the benefits for road safety! It is agreed by all road safety practitioners that effective traffic enforcement [...]
A serious motor vehicle collision occurred on Friday morning on Old Paarl road near Bellville High school. It is unclear as to how the collision occurred, but it seems that a minibus taxi had collided head on with one vehicle. Two other vehicles had also been involved in the collision, but their drivers had sustained [...]
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Two people are in a serious condition after the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into an Armco barrier on the M19 Durban bound just outside Pinetown this afternoon. ER24 and EMRS arrived on the scene and found the light motor vehicle in the right hand lane of the freeway. The driver was found inside [...]
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As pupils break up today and get ready to enjoy the holidays, one pupil unfortunately has ended up in hospital in a serious condition after been knocked down by a light motor vehicle in Khan Road in Northdale this afternoon. ER24 paramedics from Pietermaritzburg base rushed to the scene and found the young teenager lying [...]
