Driver fatigue could be caused by any number of factors but conventional wisdom would indicate that extended hours of driving without taking regular breaks would be the major contributor. The coupled with working long and irregular hours, having little or poor sleep an early shift starting time often leads to fatigue. Driver health, or lack [...]
[DURBAN – 08 AUGUST 2011 AT 09H00] Traffic almost came to a standstill this morning after two trucks collided into each other on the N3 West bound leaving Durban just after the Spine Road on ramp to the N3. The accident brought traffic down to one lane as there were two cars in the right [...]
A serious truck accident on the N14 at the Petroport in the direction of Pretoria has left a man with critical injuries. It seems that the first container truck was stationary in the emergency lane of the highway and the second truck came past in the slow lane. The driver may have miss judged the [...]
[Fourways 07 July 2011 14h00] Two men have sustained minor to moderate injuries after two trucks collided on the N1 before the Buccleuch Interchange in a southerly direction. The actual details of the accident and how it occurred are not clear but the smaller of the two trucks came to rest facing the opposite direction [...]
A truck driver and his two work colleges have sustained serious injuries after a head on collision between two trucks on Shorts Retreat Road in Mkondeni just outside Pietermaritzburg this morning. ER24 and the local Fire Department arrived on the scene and found that two trucks in the road with massive front damage to both. [...]
16 people have been injured after a truck collided with 2 cars at the intersection of William Nicol Drive and Ballycare Drive. It seems that the truck was travelling towards Sandton from Fourways and crashed over the center island just before the robots. The truck then crashed right over the drivers compartment of a Toyota [...]
One person is dead, another person is in a critical condition and another person has sustained serious injuries after collision involving two trucks on the N3 Pietermaritzburg bound near Balgowen this afternoon. ER24, EMRS and other emergency services arrived on the scene and found that one truck had gone into the back of another one [...]
ER24 paramedics were kept busy this weekend as they had to attend to over 232 accidents across the country. Paramedics had to provide medical assistance at over 197 motor vehicle accidents, 11 motorbike accidents and 24 pedestrian accidents. An accident on the N12 highway at the Atlas turn off in Benoni left two people dead [...]
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No Comments »Three people have sustained serious injuries and another three have sustained minor injuries after a collision involving a articulated truck, a delivery van and a bakkie on the M7 west and east bound near Queensburgh this morning. Emergency personnel arrived on the scene to find the articulated truck in the left hand lane of the [...]
One large closed container truck has crashed into the back of another container truck on the N12 approximately 12 kilometres outside of Potchefstroom. The cause of the collision is not clear, but the paramedics on the scene said that the passenger side of the rear truck collided into the right rear side of the front [...]
