Although road accidents have seen a slight decrease this festive season, ER24 saw it beneficial to share common causes of crashes.

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Fourteen children were injured in a collision between a bakkie and a taxi at an intersection in Carletonville on Friday.

One person was entrapped and severely crumpled in his vehicle that was involved in a collision on the R546 in Secunda.

A German paraglider was rushed to hospital after medics found him wedged between two large rocks at Lion’s Head in Cape Town.

‘On the scene, medics found the man wedged between two large rocks, being tended to by bystanders,’ said ER24.

Approximately 70 people, including many children, were injured when a bus overturned on the N1 Highway near Polokwane.

Thirty-eight people, including children, were injured in the accident. Eight patients had serious injuries. No fatalities were reported.

With heavy rainfall contributing to road accidents lately, ER24 issued tips to motorists to take extra caution when using the wet roads

A 50-year-old man cheated death this evening after being involved in a truck vs light motor vehicle collision in the North West

A truck driver is reportedly in a critical condition after he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a retaining wall.

Initially two trucks were involved in a collision which then caused a multiple vehicle accident at the Pinehaven intersection.

Dozens were injured and at least one person was killed in a multivehicle crash in Secunda, Mpumalanga on Monday.

Seven people were declared dead after two vehicles were involved in a head-on collision in Kuruman in the Northern Cape.

The man was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition after he suffered burns all over his body. He was electrocuted while working at a Kempton Park power station.

Three people were killed and five injured in a collision and secondary collision on the R42 at Goeiehoek intersection, east of Vaal

The police are investigating a case of culpable homicide after a head-on collision left 11 people dead in the Northern Cape.

Two people were killed and four more were injured in a vehicle rollover on the R500 Road near Carletonville on Thursday.

Five children were killed at Vyfhoek Laerskool in Potchefstroom on Thursday afternoon when a truck crashed through a fence.

A truck rollover in Mpumalanga left a passenger with serious injuries earlier today. The truck rolled on the N11 outside Ermelo

In his second day of his South African tour, an American biker was involved in a head-on collision in Mpumalanga this morning

A Mpumalanga man was found dead after the vehicle he was travelling in was ripped into two pieces in a collision with two trucks

The woman was trapped in the car when it caught fire after she collided in a truck at 50/50 crossing in Mpumalanga on Saturday night.

Medics found the patients lying around the car on N4 Highway. A bakkie and truck also involved in the crash were parked nearby.

The two men were found lying on the side of the road but when assessed, they showed no signs of life and were declared dead.

Twenty four people were injured when a truck crashed into a minibus taxi on the N3 outside Ladysmith in KZN.

A multi-vehicle crash on the R550 in Walkerville, Gauteng left approximately 25 people injured on Wednesday.

The woman’s car was found on a middle island after she hit a tree in Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon. She fortunately made it out alive.

The accident occurred at approximately 3:30 on Tuesday. Paramedics found the patients seated or lying around the overturned bus.

Eight people were injured in two separate incidents in vehicle roll overs in Ermelo, Mpumalanga and Carletonville, Gauteng over the weekend.

The man was involved in an accident with a truck and his car plunged into the Jukskei river near Dieplsoot, leaving him trapped inside.

An 11-year-old girl was killed while a man, 40, and another girl, 17, were rushed to hospital for urgent care after a bakkie and train collided.

The teenage boy is among two people who died in vehicle rollover accidents in different parts of Rustenburg.

Three men sustained serious burn wounds after they were electrocuted while working on a generator at an Alberton shopping centre.

A missing dog was finally reunited with its family after being rescued from a drain in a suburb in Roodepoort

The Deputy Minister of Transport is on her way to KwaZulu-Natal to identify the remains from the accident.

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.

One person was killed while another was injured when their vehicle rolled off on the N17 just outside Ermelo in Mpumalanga.

Patients were found scattered along the road when paramedics arrived at the scene of the accident near Wolmaransstad on Tuesday morning.

Sixteen people were injured after a taxi they were travelling in veered off the road in Vereeniging, Gauteng.

A man who was driving a bakkie that was involved in a collision with a truck on N1 in Polokwane succumbed to his injuries.

A 35-year-old pedestrian required advanced life support after being hit by a truck in Gauteng during the early hours of Saturday.

35 Farm workers were injured when the truck they were travelling in tipped over in Klapmuts in the Western Cape on Monday morning.

ER24 emergency services said two paramedics were killed in a truck accident on the N1 during the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Four suspects have been injured after they were shot during a robbery they attempted to rob a business in Vandebijlpark, Gauteng.

A woman was declasred dead after she was trapped inside her vehicle following a head-on collision in Bendor Park, Polokwane.

A42-year-old pedestrian was critically injured after he was knocked down at an intersection in Centurion, Pretoria.

A vehicle carrying two women allegedly rear-ended a truck on the N1 in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning.

Two men have died while another was injured after their bakkie was involved in a collision with a tree in Vandebrbijlpark.

A man was critically injured after his vehicle rolled over on R526, East of Tzaneen in Limpopo on Saturday.

Three security officers were injured during a cash-in-transit heist in Putfontein Road in Benoni, Gauteng on Friday afternoon.

When paramedics arrived at the scene of the collision, they found a child dead and eight others sustained serious to critical injuries.

A dead woman was found lying in a Laezonia field. She had been shot in the chest. First responders found an unharmed baby on her body.

A 40-year-old driver was critically injured after his truck rolled over and crashed into a river towards Hendrina in Mpumalanga

About 60 people were left injured in the bus crash which claimed the lives of nine people on Sunday morning.

ER24 said it arrived at the scene and found a light motor vehicle completely burned out and the taxi lying on its side 40 metres away.

When emergency services arrived at the scene of the collision, they found two women lying outside the taxi showing no signs of life.

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.

A three-year-old child was left in a serious condition in the in the Bylsteel area, collision which left three people dead.

ER24 said the accident which left 14 people injured and four dead, was between a taxi and light motor vehicle.

The pedestrian was struck by a light motor vehicle and was found in critical condition in the middle of the road.

Over 30 people were left injured after two taxis and two light motor vehicles collided in Boksburg East on Friday night.

Paramedics said the man, believed to be in his 30s, was found dead in a river in Silverfields in the early hours of Saturday.

The two-year-old was declared dead following a fatal drowning at a residence in President Park in Midrand.

Paramedics said 23 people were injured when a bus and light motor vehicle collided on Dobsonville Road (M77) on Thursday morning.

Paramedics said two men were seriously injured when their vehicle rolled on the Voortrekker road on-ramp on Sunday.

Paramedics said a man was killed while four others, including two children, were injured when a bakkie and small truck collided in Brakpan.

Paramedics said two people were killed and five others were injured when their vehicle rolled in Welverdiend.

Paramedics said thirteen people, including teenagers, were injured when they were thrown off a bakkie when it overturned on Saturday.

Paramedics said a woman was killed when her scooter collided with a forklift on Diamond Street in Carletonville.

Paramedics said two men were killed and another injured when a motorbike collided with a bicycle on Barrage Road in Vanderbijlpark.

Paramedics found the ten-year-old girl still in the vehicle on Sunday evening, showing no signs of life. Nothing could be done for her.

Paramedics said a five-year-old boy had suffered critical injuries in a single-vehicle rollover on the R550 near Sky City.

Paramedics said the six-year-old boy was found lying on the gravel shoulder of the road, having suffered multiple critical injuries.

Paramedics and a patient had a lucky escape after a large rock got thrown through their rescue vehicle’s side window on the N14.

Paramedics said six people were injured, including two children when a bakkie and a light motor vehicle collided head-on on the N14.

Paramedics said five people were killed, including an infant, and several others injured in an accident on the R555.

Paramedics said a man was killed, and six other people were injured when a bakkie overturned and rolled on the R71 on Sunday.

A man was killed, and at least twenty other people were injured on Friday when their taxi rolled on the R24 between Rustenburg and Magaliesburg.

Paramedics had their hands full on Saturday following two shootings in Gauteng. In the latest shooting, two men were shot and injured in Alberton.

The bakkie broke down and was being pushed by a group of men on Tuesday evening in Johannesburg when the kombi rear-ended the bakkie.

In a horrific freak accident on Tuesday, a woman sustained an amputation to her left arm and severe injuries to her pelvis and leg.

A man in his 30s was seriously injured on Sunday when his motorbike rear-ended a light motor vehicle on Brockett Street in Meyerton.

In a horrific accident a taxi collided with a tree in Krugersdorp, leaving six people dead and five others severely injured, including a child.

Paramedics said a cyclist has died after been knocked down by a light motor vehicle on the R559 outside Rikusrus, Randfontein.

Paramedics sad a man in his 30’s, was killed on Friday morning when he fell from a tree at a construction site in Rivonia.

A car struck three pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. A second vehicle then hit one of the injured, dragging them for several metres.

Paramedics assessed the man on Thursday morning and found that he had sustained a significant head injury and showed no signs of life.

Three men were shot and killed in two bizarre shootings shortly after each other in Jeppestown on Monday evening.

The bodies of two men were recovered after a light motor vehicle crashed off a bridge over the R716 in Oranjeville.

Paramedics said three women were killed and one seriously injured in an accident on the N12 near the Nancefield bridge in Lenasia.

Paramedics said two suspects were injured, one shot in the buttocks and the other in the leg during a shootout with authorities.

A security officer was killed, and a critically injured farmer was found with several gunshot wounds after farm attack in Brondal on Monday.

One person was killed while three others were injured when in a single-vehicle accident on the N12 in Fochville on Sunday.

Two people believed to be in their late 30s were killed in a head-on accident on Saturday, while four others were injured.

Eight people, including a 3-year-old toddler and a pregnant woman, were injured in a taxi accident in Roodepoort on Saturday evening.

A truck accident on the N17 eastbound near the Heidelburg off-ramp in Brakpan on Thursday claimed the life of a 60-year-old man.

With another week of bitterly cold weather forecasted for South Africans, we look at some tips to stay safe on winter roads.

Six children were treated for smoke inhalation when a fire started in the building that houses their crèche in Durban on Tuesday.

A six-year-old boy and a man were killed when a truck and a bakkie collided on the R59 near Vereeniging on Friday.