Proposed bill to see traffic offenders help in mortuaries
A proposed bill could see traffic offenders doing community service in state mortuaries or trauma units, says a report.
Festive season road death toll likely to rise
Another year of road carnage has been capped off with an estimated festive season death toll of 1 465.
Systemic change is needed to address road death toll
Despite a handful of initiatives to improve road safety during the festive season, the road death toll continues to rise.
Two wheels good
Tthe rise in deaths on South African roads has outstripped the increase in the vehicle population over the past 50 years
Almost half of Gauteng's school buses deemed unroadworthy
Gauteng education minister Barbara Creecy says at least 203 of 485 buses in the province's scholar transport programme are unroadworthy.
British pile-up inferno leaves witnesses horrified
A 27-vehicle pile-up on a British motorway sparked explosions and an inferno, leaving several people dead and 43 injured.
SA speed reduction plan an 'ill-thought-out scheme'
Crashes were almost always caused by drivers violating road laws, but enforcement authorities still insist on focusing on speed prosecution.
Knysna bus 'overloaded', says mayor
The driver of a 32-seater bus involved a crash in which 14 school pupils were killed in Knysna had allegedly tried to transport 58 schoolchildren.
More than 200 killed on SA roads over Easter
More than 200 people were killed in road accidents during the Easter weekend, according to the Road Traffic Management Corporation.
Healing hope for brain injury
New research shows that the brain actively works to repair itself after traumatic injury, but subsequent impact can compound the damage.
Twenty-three killed in accident on the N1
The number of Malawians killed in a collision between a minibus taxi and a truck in Laingsburg rose to 23 on Sunday with a death of another man.
Britons die in road accident on eve of Cup
Two British tourists were killed and at least 18 injured when their overland truck crashed on Thursday on the eve of the Soccer World Cup.
Bus driver charged with murder after 23 die
The owner of a bus that killed 23 people in South Africa was charged with murder on Friday, a police spokesperson said.
Ndebele calls for increased law enforcement on roads
Law enforcement agencies must step up their operations following a number of traffic accidents countrywide, says Transport Minister S'bu Ndebele.
Holiday-season road accidents claim 1 500 lives
There were 1 582 road-accident deaths over the festive season, Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele said on Tuesday.
Third Roadlink bus impounded in less than a week
A third Roadlink bus has been impounded in less than a week after being found with defective brakes in George in the Southern Cape.
Charge taxi driver with murder, says Freedom Front Plus
A minibus taxi driver who allegedly ran down a girl on a scooter in Pretoria should be charged with murder, the Freedom Front Plus said on Wednesday.
Ban on Roadlink's 'killing machines' dropped
KwaZulu-Natal transport minister Bheki Cele on Thursday called national bus operator SA Roadlink a "killing machine" and "a coffin on wheels".
A car accident can bankrupt you for life, SA attorneys say
A serious car accident can now bankrupt you for life, the Johannesburg Attorneys Association said on Monday.
M1 still shut after paint-truck accident
Motorists should avoid travelling on the M1 North following an accident involving a paint truck, metro police said on Tuesday.
