Over sixty people were lucky to escape a burning bus unscathed on the N2 North bound carriageway near the M19 turn-off this evening.
It is thought that the driver of the bus noticed smoke filling the cab and had slowed the bus to a halt in the centre lane. People rushed from the doors at the [...]

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Two men were killed and one hundred and nineteen people, mostly school children, were injured when the bus they were travelling in left the P100 near Ndwedwe, north-west of Durban last night.
It is though that the bus, laden to capacity with school children from a local primary school, had been returning from the funeral of [...]

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Western Cape transport and law enforcement authorities will meet bus company SA Roadlink to discuss concerns about the province’s crackdown on public transport, safety MEC Lennit Max says.
“Roadlink wants to see us,” said Max, of the company that had complained that at least 200 of its buses, which it said complied with legal requirements, [...]

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37 people were injured, one critically so after the bus they were traveling in overturned on the N12 near Warrenton just after 11h00 this morning. Exact details of the accident is still a subject for police investigation, however it is reported that the bus driver lost control after a strong cross wind hit them.
The bus [...]

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This is a clip from a traffic camera in Russia. The pedestrian narrowly escapes from a bus ploughing into other vehicles after brake failure!
Also view on the Arrive Alive website:

Avoiding Pedestrians
Pedestrian Safety Hints

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Six people died in an accident between a bus and a taxi around mid - day on the N6 between Queenstown and Jamestown. Paramedics from Netcare 911 in Queenstown were dispatched to this accident, and when they arrived were faced with total tragedy. It is unclear as to what happened but a taxi and a bus collided head [...]

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This morning 45 people were injured when a department of correctional services bus lost control on the N3 south in the Balgowen area. It is believed that the bus was on route from Newcastle to Pietermaritzburg when the driver lost control, overturned and came to rest in a grass area next to the road.
Paramedics from Netcare [...]

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This evening at around 19h00 Netcare 911 and the emergency services rushed to the scene of an accident in the Port Shepstone area. When they arrived on scene they found that two busses collided head- on, injuring 11 people.
Three people sustained critical injuries, 5 had serious injuries and a further 3 only minor injuries. All the patients were stabilised on scene [...]

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The Public Transport Summit that took place on Saturday, 15 August saw the City and key stakeholders reach agreement on a number of issues including the creation of a safe, efficient and integrated public transport network and the speedy implementation and extension of Rea Vaya, particularly to areas where public transport is most needed.
More than [...]

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The Arrive Alive website received the following email from a visitor. I believe this is worth sharing as it provides insight to the concerns of some taxi and bus passengers:
“I would like to write this, hoping that taxi drivers and pedestrians would read this. I am a taxi and bus user sometimes. Quite often I [...]

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