Accidents.co.za | Discussion, Prevention, Investigation and Response

It is believed that the twenty year old man lost control of his car and slammed into a tree on Birmingham Road in Panorama Gardens.

ER24 paramedics were told by bystanders that it seemed that the man had lost control of his vehicle, and he first swerved his car towards his right hand side. He then appeared to try an correct the vehicle when he suddenly swerved hard to his left. His car then slammed into a tree on the passenger side with such force that his car was partially wrapped around the tree.

The man was severely entrapped in the car, and paramedics had to try and stabilise him while Fire and Rescue workers spent half and hour cutting away at the metal. He was in a very critical condition and paramedics had to place him on manual ventilation while he was still upright in the driver’s seat.

When he was eventually freed, as he was being safely pulled from the vehicle, his heart suddenly stopped beating. Paramedics immediately initiated CPR, and after ten minutes his heart started beating again.

He was loaded into an ambulance and transported to a nearby hospital where he was handed over to the awaiting staff in a critical condition.

There were no other cars involved in the accident, and the necessary authorities were on the scene.

Vanessa Jackson
ER24

A motor cyclist has sustained serious injuries after a collision on the R103 near Polly Shorts involving a motor cyclist and an SUV this afternoon.

ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find the man lying in the road in severe pain. He had suffered serious injuries and even possible fractures to his lower extremities. Advanced Life Support Intervention had to be performed before the man could be moved onto a specialised board and transported to Northdale Hospital in a serious but stable condition for further medical care.

The driver of the SUV was examined but was in shock and would go privately to her doctor if need be.

Derrick Banks

ER24

A motor cyclist has been injured after a collision on the Ruth First Highway (M4) involving two cars and a motorbike during peak hour traffic this morning.

ER24 along with other emergency services arrived on the scene to find the motorcyclist lying off the road in severe pain. Two light motor vehicles were found approximately two meters down the road of which one was lying in the bush on its roof.

The motorcyclist was treated for neck and back injuries and a possible fracture to his arm. Advanced life support intervention was performed on the man and he was transported to a nearby hospital for further medical care. The driver of the light motor vehicle that overturned sustained a minor laceration to her head but opted to go to hospital privately. No other injuries were reported on the scene.

It is unclear as to how the accident occurred but the necessary authorities were on the scene and will investigate the incident further. Traffic was severely affected due to the accident as it narrowed down from two lanes to one lane near the scene.

Derrick Banks
ER24

ER24 celebrates 10 years in the Emergency response industry. They have shared photos of many of the accident scenes attended, and we would like to share a few of these.

We would like to urge all bikers to be catious on the roads, and to view the following sections:

• Motorcycle Safety
• Motorcycle safety and ATGATT

A 21 year old motorcyclist was killed in a side-impact accident at the intersection of the Old Johannesburg and Heuwilsig roads in Centurion at 12h52 this afternoon. The exact details of the accident will remain a subject for police investigation.

When the paramedics arrived on scene they found the critically injured man lying on the roadway near the crumpled remains of his bike. Paramedics rushed to assist the man but found that he had tragically died on impact. Netcare paramedics have called for a Chaplin to come to the scene to council a very traumatised mother and fiancé

The occupants of the other vehicle escaped the accident uninjured.

Also view:

• Motorbike Safety
• ATGATT and Road Safety

A man was killed when he fell from his motorbike on the R56 near Baynsfield this afternoon. It is thought that the man lost control of his bike while negotiating a bend and fell onto the roadway.

His crumpled and bloodied frame was found by Netcare911 Paramedics in the middle of the roadway with his crushed helmet nearly twenty metres away. The man sustained polytraumatic injuries and was declared dead by medics at the scene.

In another incident two motorcyclists were seriously injured when they collided with a bakkie on the R617 this afternoon.

On colliding the bakkie left the road and overturned. The rider and passenger on the bike sustained serious injuries and were treated and stabilised by Netcare911 Paramedics at the scene before they were transported to a Pietermaritzburg Hospital for further definitive care.

Jeffrey Wicks
Netcare 911

A motorcyclist is in a serious but stable condition after he fell from his bike on the M7 Edwin Swales Drive near the Bellville Road Bridge in the early hours of this morning. The man had been heading towards the city when he collided with the roadside Armco barrier.

The man was thrown down an embankment into thick brush. He sustained multiple limb fractures as well as possible head and spinal trauma. He was treated and stabilised at the scene by Netcare911 Paramedics before he was rushed by ambulance to a hospital in Chatsworth for treatment.

He remains in a serious but stable condition.

Jeffrey Wicks
Netcare 911

The Arrive Alive website received an email with the request for urgent assistance in addressing the threat of children on quad bikes.

The email reads as follows:

Subject: Children on public roads with quad bikes (without helmets and license)

“Maybe this mail is in the wrong category, but I really have something that I am so concern about. Our town is turning into chaos…Children are everywhere on quad bikes (with no protection at all) They ride on public roads, in the veldt, and a lot of people were involved in quad and bike accidents(fatal as well). I phoned the police, the traffic department, and some of the officers personally, but it is just getting worst.

Anyone is welcome to come to Kathu and verify this bad behavior, and the overall lack of applying traffic rules in this town. I am willing to take some photos and post them. People driving with cellphones, etc. I am concern about the public’s don’t care attitude towards road safety and our children learn to be outlaws from a young age, due to the fact that the parents buy them a quad, and send them into the streets.

A friend died in a quad accident, but still, people do not care about safety of our children. I feel, this is also “arrive alive” every day. You are welcome to visit this place, but please, just help to get some traffic law enforcement here.
The town is KATHU in the Northern Cape, and here you can drive anything without a license. Well, at least I tried to get some help from you.”

We have shared this with Enforcement to the RTMC and this will be taken further with traffic enforcement in Kathu.
We would like to urge all quad bike enthusiasts to also view:

• Quad Bikes and Road Safety
• Quad Bikes and Children
• Quad24