A 31 year old cyclist sustained critical injuries at an off- road track in the Bryanston area this morning. It is believed that the cyclist was training at the track and as he crossed a wooden bridge and he had to negotiate a very steep embankment with a sharp bend at the bottom.
The cyclist lost control [...]

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A 17 year old male sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident in Dann road this afternoon just before 3 o’clock. Exact details of the accident are still speculative however according to an eyewitness the motorcycle came out of the shopping centre and landed in front of an oncoming vehicle.
Netcare 911 paramedics arrived on scene [...]

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A 61 year old man put himself at risk and broke his leg to save his Ducati motorbike from damage this afternoon on Brabazar road in Isando.
It is believed that the elderly man was traveling along Brabazar road when he hit an oil patch on the roadway. Fearing that he was going to fall he [...]

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An 80 year old male was critically injured after been hit by a motorbike on the Olifantsfontein road this afternoon at around 17h27. Details of the accident is still a subject for police investigation however bystanders implied that the elderly man was hit by a motorcyclist while trying to cross the roadway.
The patient sustained traumatic injuries [...]

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A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after he collided with a bakkie at the intersection of Geelhaak road and Dann road in Glen Marais, Kempton Park at around 17h00 this afternoon.
Exact details of the accident is still for police investigation, however the motorcycle collided with the front of the bakkie catapulting the rider into the [...]

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 A motorcyclist is in a critical condition after a snarl up on the Modderfontein road at around 09h30 this morning.
Exact details of the accident is still for the SAPS investigation, however the motorbike collided into the side of a two tonne Kia truck. The driver was flung through the air about 30 meters before landing on [...]

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I have come across a few stunning photos of motorbike riding at Kyalami. One of my friends added these photos to Facebook and I was rather pleased to see the young faces next to the bikes!
Proper training from experienced bikers is an important tool to be used for greater safety on the road! But where [...]

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This afternoon Netcare 911 and the fire department raced to the scene of an accident at the intersection of Adams road and Kingsway road. A motorcycle with two riders and a car had collided at the intersection. The one rider sustained critical injuries and the other only minor injuries.
The patients were stabilised on scene and then transported to the [...]

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This morning Netcare 911 rushed to the scene of an accident at the intersection of Victoria Embankment and Russell Street. On arrival they found that a vehicle collided with a motorcyclist and the biker had sustained serious injuries. He was treated on scene and then transported to the St Augustine’s hospital in Durban for further treatment.
Chris Botha
Netcare 911

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At approximately 13h11 on Monday 29 June 2009, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to reports of a serious freak accident at a home in Kaalfontein in the Midrand area, north of Johannesburg.
Paramedics were told that several kids were playing together at the time of the incident and it was alleged that the young boy stuck his [...]

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