As South Africa gears up for the festive season, a road safety threat posed to young adults is closer to home than many realise …

An accident between a taxi and a car left a Cape Town street without electricity for eight hours after the car hit an electric pole.

An accident between a taxi and a car left a Cape Town street without electricity for eight hours after the car hit an electric pole.

A dash-cam video shows a truck crashing into a bakkie that overtook a slower vehicle and then moved into the path of the truck.

A fatal high-speed crash occurred on the N1 highway between Hanover and Colesberg in the Northern Cape on Sunday, 30 December 2023.

A South African driver miraculously walked away unscathed from a terrifying crash that saw a truck container fall on their moving car.

A truck driver’s daring attempt to overtake another truck on a busy road led to a catastrophic crash that was caught on dashcam.

Watch news in a minute for a summary of Gen Zs, Baby Boomers or Millennials who is more likely to crash their car?.

A truck crashed into a residential complex’s garden in Cape Town and hit several cars before overturning, five people reportedly injured.

A school excursion designed to be fun and educational; turned tragic when a bus carrying school children crashed, killing six children.

A total of nine people have been killed after a minibus taxi and long-distance bus were involved in a collision. Update to follow.

Motorsport personalities and teams remembered Brazilian Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna on the anniversary of his death 29 years ago.

Ireland’s best rally driver Craig Breen was killed in Croatia in an accident while during pre-trial event test for a WRC event.

The loaded taxi was the only vehicle involved in the crash, which left one person dead and eight other passengers injured.

A fire services spokesman confirmed that three carriages skipped the tracks just before midnight after the trains.

Drunken police officer crashed into a white VW Polo. He could hardly stand up and was falling around.

If a crazy lady goes full GTA smashing up cars in a parking lot in front of you, how would you handle it exactly?

Police have released video footage of a woman whose blood-alcohol level was eight-times over the drink-driving limit, last December.

Customers were lucky to escape without injury when the driver of an SUV lost control and crashed through a shop entrance

Two teachers were injured after their car crashed down an embankment; a 10-year-old who witnessed this had an anxiety attack

Look out! Watch an Audi E-Tron’s battery pack come adrift from its chassis and go flying in this dramatic EV crash.

This Ferrari car lift fail is one for the ages, as a high-end dealership lets a silver Prancing Horse down in a big way.

In an accident on Ontdekkers Road, a car crashed into a tanker truck, and three patients were taken to hospital for treatment

A car veered off the road and rolled several times before it crashed through the Bakenkop Primary School’s perimeter wall in Centurion

A passenger fled the scene of a serious crash involving a bus and a car; one person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries

Since the early hours of Friday morning, 23 December, eight people have been killed in three separate crashes in the Free State

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Tragedy has befallen these travellers on Monday, after a side-tipper truck and a taxi were involved in a horror crash on the R50.

A report into the Pongola fatal crash on the N2 in KwaZulu-Natal, found that the driver of a truck had been reckless

At least 21 people died, most of them children, after a truck and a bakkie transporting scholars collided on Friday afternoon in Pongola

When the car was retrieved from the lake medics found the man’s body. He showed no signs of life and was declared dead at the scene.

Traffic authorities have cited speed as the possible cause of two separate road crashes that killed six people in Limpopo at the weekend.

A curious case of corn caused a number of vehicles on the M7 to crash with two cars overturning and coming to rest on their roofs.

The bus went down an embankment and crashed through the deck of a nearby house on Saturday evening. It was returning to Wittedrift after a rugby match in Saasveld.

This VW Golf driver was ejected from his car and INTO a private swimming pool – after he smashed through a back garden next to the N2.

“Reports from the crash scene are that two light motor vehicles collided in a T-bone fashion, with three people suffering injuries.”

A baby and a four-year-old are amongst the crash fatalities, after two taxis smashed into each other on the N2.

The Weeknd, Charli XCX and 28-time Grammy winner Beyoncé are three artists who are expected to release new albums in 2022.

It has been a bloody weekend on KwaZulu-Natal’s roads as four people were killed and 28 others injured in seperate vehicle collisions

An oil tanker has flipped after colliding with two other vehicles in Gauteng, and the fatal N1 crash is causing a traffic nightmare.

Hilmar Backer, a veteran adrenaline junkie and Mpumalanga skydiver, was killed when a jump went horribly wrong.

The much-anticipated family led by veteran actor Fana Mokoena will crash into Dintle’s party tonight (3 September) and kill Quinton Nyathi.

It is alleged that the driver of the Luxury coach lost control of the bus in the Eastern Cape. It then crashed through the guardrails and overturned.

Utterly tragic: A luxury coach crash has claimed more than two-dozen lives on Monday evening, after the vehicle overturned near Kei Cuttings on the N2.

It is alleged that a Toyota Corolla sedan crashed into the back of a Ford sedan that was stationary on the shoulder of the road in Mpumalanga.

A Zimbabwean military helicopter crashed into a house outside the capital Harare, killing a child and all three crew members, the air force said.

Android users across the globe were affected by crashing apps on Tuesday. Google has, however, issued an update to resolve the problem.

A case of culpable homicide is being investigated by KZN SAPS after two police officers were recently struck and killed by a truck.

The eight-year-old brother, who was also in the car, managed to get out before the deadly plunge off Voëlklip cliff in Herold’s Bay.

Ceres in the Western Cape has been left without electricity – not due to load shedding this time – but due to a fatal helicopter crash.

What a terrible way to start 2021. A multi-car pile-up in the Western Cape has killed eight people, and the N1 crash caused major traffic issues on Friday.

At least one person is recovering from head injuries which were sustained when a delivery truck crashed into two homes in Atteridgeville, Pretoria

The McLaren 720S is a thing of real beauty… when it’s left in capable hands. This driver was mocked when he wrote-off the ‘supercar’ in Cape Town.

It is believed that the taxi rolled over and injured sixteen people

The horrific Limpopo crash in Mokopane on Wednesday night involved a truck, five sedans and four pedestrians.

While 13 people have lost their lives in the dreadful KZN horror crash, four were left critically injured.

A scene of unimaginable carnage has been reported near Wartburg in KZN, following a devastating road traffic accident involving a tanker and a taxi.

According to JMPD the truck was carrying scrap metal, which was then strewn across the N1 in Midrand following the crash.

A terrible car crash in the early hours of Saturday morning, in Delft, has claimed the lives of four people.

Apart from dagga, police also found cigarettes in one of the vehicles involved in the KZN crash. The combined street value is R500 000.

Could anything have been done to prevent the tragic Cetane bus crash? Now 25 people are dead, some believe we can blame the state of the roads.

The horror is unimaginable: At least 21 people have been killed in a major bus crash near Centane, in the Eastern Cape – most of the victims are pensioners.

Those who forget their history are doomed to relive it: Nissan’s most popular bakkie in South Africa has, yet again, failed in a series of crash tests.

The commentary on this is iconic: A Western Cape joyrider and his mates filmed themselves driving, smashed their car up, and gave us all “Jirre, Dimitri!”

If Eskom doesn’t cut your power, joy-riding JMPD officers are on hand to help.

Two children were killed in tragic circumstances on Wednesday after a truck veered off the road and crashed into Lekgolo Primary School in Limpopo.

A horrendous smash at the Huguenot Tunnel on Cape Town’s N1 kept the road closed for five hours on Monday – the aftermath was utter carnage.

Sunday is off to a tragic start on the roads. A major incident on the N1 North has caused a Gauteng traffic nightmare, as several major routes are affected.

The driver of a minibus taxi lost control over the vehicle in Shakaskraal on Friday, leaving seven people dead and 15 injured.

A tragic head-on collision on a busy stretch of the N4 has claimed five lives on Thursday. The highway is facing a number of traffic issues this afternoon, too.

In what seems to be a recurring incident over the festive season, two people were killed and 22 others injured in a bus crash in Mpumalanga.

Road users of Johannesburg, beware. The JMPD have released a list of the most accident-prone and fatal roads in the city – here’s what you need to know.

This heartbreaking incident has ended up raising questions about a strange containment of marine life in one of the bakkies. Limpopo SAPS are on the case.

A terrifying week gets worse for Durban. This massive smash-up on the M7 left commuters fearing for their lives, after a fuel tanker exploded.

A strange week for aviation in South Africa got even worse, as a helicopter crash in Pretoria put emergency services on high alert for Friday afternoon.

A heartbreaking bit of news is reaching us from North West this afternoon. A culpable homicide case has been opened following the death of seven schoolboys.

As the family of Gavin Watson continue to solve the puzzle of his bizarre death, one item in particular has piqued interest – his “moving” cell phone.

The N3 became a scene of abject horror on Sunday afternoon, following a traffic collision which claimed five lives. Seven people were also injured.

When a pathologist’s report raises more questions than answers, you know you’ve got a complex case on your hands. Gavin Watson’s death remains suspect.

A private pathologist has dropped something resembling a bombshell this weekend. Their findings on Gavin Watson’s death has dispelled a few rumours.

Angelo Agrizzi has once again uncovered some jaw-dropping information. He’s now suggesting Gavin Watson was trying to leave the country on Monday.

The death of a politically-connected, bribery-accused executive is always going to raise questions. But Bosasa CEO Gavin Watson is linked to the very top.

The devastating aftermath of a high-speed crash involving Gavin Watson has been captured on film. The Bosasa CEO is believed to have died at the scene.

It has been a truly devastating weekend on the roads of KZN. A crash in Folweni and one in Dundee happened within just 12 hours of each other.

Some are blaming the SAPS prisoner van, while other say it was clearly a police convoy and the truck had no right to be entering an intersection so fast.

Seven cars and a truck were involved in an eight-vehicle pile-up leaving several people injured according to Netcare 911.

There was a gruesome scene at the Witbank N12 route through Mpumalnga on Thursday morning, as 17 vehicles slammed into each other.

Amid the incomprehensible devastation, investigators may have found the cause of the N3 crash. Sadly, another victim has died as a result of her injuries.

A nightmare multi-vehicle crash on the N1 has killed four, and injured 23 others. The incident is also set to have a severe affect on Gauteng traffic.

There was a miracle escape for an N2 road worker after he was sent cartwheeling in the air by a rogue motorist. Xolele Phindela lives to fight another day.

Duduzane Zuma may have escaped charges relating to the death of Nanke Mashaba, but the spectre of Phumzile Dube still looms over him. The woman was killed when Zuma Jnr’s car ran into the back of a taxi in Sandton. Although the state has ruled out one count of culpable homicide, the prosecution is fighting […]

The force of this crash almost sheered the Ferrari in half. Yet somehow, the motorist behind the wheel has managed to walk away unscathed.

After four people were killed in the Pretoria train crash, the DA have wasted no time in finding a source of blame for the horrific accident.

The scale of devastation from the Pretoria train crash is enormous. Medical crews are still trying to free victims from the wreckage. We’ve got the latest here…

Harrowing footage of the UAE helicopter crash has surfaced online. The incident claimed the life of Mark Roxburgh and three of his Emirati colleagues.

Shocking scenes, here. Emergency response team IPSS confirmed a female pedestrian died during this moment of madness in Ballito on Saturday.

Yho, this is hectic. Police are investigating the circumstances which lead to a local taxi driver smashing into a Khayelitsha Engen convenience store.

The Nissan NP300 Hardbody has flunked its safety tests in spectacular, if not harrowing fashion. Here’s what has gone wrong with the bakkie.

As well as three fatalities, up to 20 people have been reported injured from the carnage that unfolded in Fourways on Tuesday.

The devastating Beaufort West Bus Crash has also put a further 30 people in hospital after their driver lost control of the vehicle.