[CAPE TOWN – 22 SEPTEMBER 2011 AT 18H00] A man has been killed after the light motor vehicle he was travelling in collided in to the back of a stationary bus on Bosmandam Road in the Bothasig area of Cape Town this evening. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene and found a white Honda Accord [...]
A double decker bus travelling along Boschoff Street allegedly experienced mechanical failure before crashing into 5 cars at the intersection of Victoria street. Initially, 4 cars were hit while the bus carried on through the intersection, and the fifth vehicle was t-boned and pushed a few meters into a used car dealership at the end [...]
Thirty five people were injured, twelve seriously, when a bus and a car collided on the M19 near the Otto Volek Road junction this morning. The cause of the collision is unknown and will be the subject of a South African Police Force investigation. It is thought that both vehicles had been heading towards Pinetown [...]
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A twenty seven year old lady was injured after a bus and a VW Polo collided at the intersection of Bosmansdam Road and Century City Boulevard near Canal Walk. The lady, who was the driver of the Polo, was transported to Milnerton Medi-Clinic with moderate injuries. The collision caused a major delay of peak hour [...]
Twenty one people were injured when a bus collided into the back of a Toyota Quantum Taxi on the N2, just before Vanguard Drive, in the direction of Cape Town. The patients sustained minor to moderate injuries and were taken to various surrounding hospitals for further medical treatment. The cause of the collision is unknown [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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