Growing road networks are endangering African wild dogs, lions, and vultures, as roadkill incidents rise with increased traffic and habitat disruption
Africa is the World Health Organisation’s biggest beneficiary in terms of road safety projects
More than 800 people have been killed in 200 accidents involving petrol tankers since 2018
Measures are being taken to reduce the amount of injuries and deaths on roads
Transport minister Fikile Mbalula has not answered questions about the deadly route, which last week led to the deaths of 18 children
The headlines vilifying one group of drivers miss the point about an important road safety report.
‘Toyota Quantum and HiAce vehicles are on road on a semi-full-time basis and travel more kilometres vs other models and would, thus, be exposed to more on-road conflict situations,’ the report reads
Outa says it is back to the drawing board for the government.
Drunk driving a major concern for road safety: 39 people arrested for driving under the influence.
Easter long weekend under adjusted Level 1 Lockdown showed a 2.1% reduction in crashes, while fatalities decreased by 9.6%
We will meet the MEC Transport Joburg to hand over a document about the advantages of non- motorised transport and the safety of cyclists
Transport is essential to economic growth and affects people’s daily lives, but it also drives climate change and is the cause of too many deaths
The Harrismith Highway Junction Truck Stop is creating vital skills and employment
The Free State R74 highway fiasco hit businesses, cost jobs and caused a slump in the local market
The Importance of Road Safety Education to communities living next to the national road network.
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters lamented that messages on road safety are simply not heeded.
Road safety education designed to bring about behavioural change has never been more critical and relevant.
South Africa has one of the world’s worst records of road deaths. For every 100 000 people, 30 will die on our roads this year.
Exceptionally high levels of road accidents costs the South African economy more than R300-billion each year, according to an international report.
Tthe rise in deaths on South African roads has outstripped the increase in the vehicle population over the past 50 years
As of today, Cape Town motorists caught talking or texting on their cellphone will be fined R500 and have their phones confiscated.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has called on South Africans to do their bit to increase road safety after 57 road deaths were recorded last week.
KwaZulu-Natal transport minister Bheki Cele on Thursday called national bus operator SA Roadlink a ”killing machine” and ”a coffin on wheels”.
Metro police tried to stop cyclists who converged in Durban on Tuesday from embarking on a ”protest ride” that police said was illegal.
Driving drunk can change lives forever, yet many South Africans — perhaps lulled by a lack of effective law enforcement — do it every day.