We would like to share the scary truth of the impact of worn tyres on this Blog. The pictures pretty much tell the story; these photos are from 9 different incidents from November 2009 up until February 2010. Only four months or so.
And they only cover Randburg, Midrand, N1 and one incident in Greenside. Consider [...]
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A man is lucky to be alive after he collided into the side of a heavy goods vehicle tonight just after 20:00 on the R25 near the Witkoppies off ramp. It is purported that the heavy goods truck came out of a side road and crossed the R25 in front of an on coming car. [...]
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Fourteen people were injured, two seriously, when the minibus taxi they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus on the M35 near Philani Valley in Umbumbulu today.
It is thought that the minibus had been attempting to overtake another slow moving vehicle and had pulled into the oncoming lane. The bus driver unable to avoid [...]
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While rain has brought some respite to KwaZulu-Natal residents assailed by the heat of the last week, it has come part and parcel with a wave of motor vehicle accidents.
Netcare911 Paramedics have responded to over fifteen accidents in locations across Durban and the province as a whole.
We urge motorists to exercise extreme caution while driving [...]
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A woman was killed and three people injured when a car struck a pedestrian while on its way to a wedding in Durban on Friday, KwaZulu-Natal paramedics said.
The driver apparently swerved to avoid someone running in the road, mounted the curb, hit a pedestrian and came to a halt against a tree on Woodview Drive, [...]
A man was seriously injured in a side-impact accident along Petrus Bosch road in Welkom this afternoon. Details of the accident are still speculative and remain a subject for police investigation.
Netcare 911 and provincial paramedics arrived on scene to find the driver of the Golf still in the mangled remains of his car. Paramedics deftly [...]
Two men were injured when a tow truck and a light delivery vehicle collided on Queen Mary Avenue, Glenwood, this afternoon.
It is thought that both vehicles had been travelling towards Francois Road when the tow truck, while rounding a sharp bend, crashed into the back of the LDV. The force of impact caused the lead [...]
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A 61 year old man was critically injured when his Landover smashed into a large tree just before midday. Exact details of why the vehicle veered off the road is still speculative, however the elderly man was driving along Dam road in Nellmapius extension in Pretoria when disaster struck.
It is suspected that the man [...]
840 people have been killed on the country’s roads since the beginning of the month. The Transport Department says more than 2 800 drivers have been arrested for drunk driving and speeding.
The high road death toll figure is raising fears it could exceed last year’s figure of 1 300 fatalities.
Meanwhile, the North-West Safety Department has [...]
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SA Airlink is back on track following its submission of a “Corrective Action Programme” (CAP), the SA Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) said.
“The CAP was thoroughly assessed by the SACAA in order to ascertain whether the findings contained in the audit report had been adequately addressed,” said SACAA in a statement.
“The CAP submitted to the SACAA [...]
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