accidents

  1. OnlyOneKenobi

    Why do so many people still drive with a phone in their hand?

    Surely, in 2022, most cars at least have some kind of Bluetooth connection whereby you can take and make phone calls hands free? Those which don't, there are adapters for pretty cheap which will free up your hands so that you can make an attempt at being a better driver? Every time I go...
  2. T

    Vehicle Accident Report Search

    Hi guys, I was hoping someone could help me. I bought my car just over a year ago as a demo model from Ford. I've had really bad luck with the car so went to trade it in last week. The new dealership told me that the car has been in an accident. I would really like to check whether this car...
  3. NeonNinja

    855 killed on South Africa's roads in December [25 December 2013]

    http://www.peherald.com/news/article/22447
  4. NeonNinja

    20 most dangerous cars on the road

    #20 The Chevrolet Corvair Fumes in cabin #19 Suzuki Samurai Prone to rollovers #18 Chevrolet Vega Breaks apart #17 Pontiac Fiero Spontaneous fires #16 Smart ForTwo May become airborne #15 Yugo GV Engine destroys self #14 Audi 5000 Unexpected acceleration #13 Geely CK1 0-star rating from...
  5. LazyLion

    Man Killed in Germiston Crash

    A truck driver was killed and his passenger seriously injured when their truck crashed into another truck in Germiston on Monday, Ekurhuleni metro police said. The men's white truck crashed into the back of the other one, which had stopped because of mechanical problems, around 10am on the...
  6. LazyLion

    Girl Dies, Three Injured in KZN Crash

    An eight-year-old girl died and three other people were seriously injured when a bakkie rolled on a rural road of Merchiston on the Natal South Coast on Friday, paramedics said. "The bakkie was on its way to an Easter convention when the driver lost control of the bakkie and rolled," Netcare...
  7. LazyLion

    Court Should Consider Bus Driver's Frailty

    The driver of the bus that crashed and killed 23 people in 2010 was very ill and would never be able to drive a bus again, the Cape Town Magistrate's Court heard on Tuesday. The lawyer for Sisa Nonama, 41, said during sentencing arguments that the court should take into account personal...
  8. LazyLion

    Africa Losing the Fight Against Road Deaths: WHO

    Africa in particular is losing the fight against road accidents, which kill more than one million people worldwide each year, a UN World Health Organisation report showed Thursday, calling for stricter laws to help turn around the trend. "We are not all equal before road traffic crashes,"...
  9. LazyLion

    The Chiyabu Hummer Driver Case

    The case against a Hummer driver found guilty of culpable homicide after crashing into three motorcyclists, killing two and injuring one, was postponed in the Pretoria North Regional Court on Thursday. Magistrate Ben van Schalkwyk postponed the matter until April 22 following a request by...
  10. LazyLion

    One Dead in Malibongwe Truck Crash

    A man died when two trucks and an SUV collided on the N1 bridge at the Malibongwe Drive offramp in Johannesburg, paramedics said on Wednesday. Several people were injured in the accident just before 11pm on Tuesday, said ER24 spokeswoman Vanessa Jackson. A coal-tipper truck crashed into...
  11. LazyLion

    Four Injured in East Rand Blast

    Four men were critically injured after an apparent explosion at a power station on Monday night in Rondebult, Boksburg on the East Rand, paramedics said. "All the information that was gathered [suggested] that it was some form of explosion while the men were working on a transmitter," ER24...
  12. LazyLion

    SA's deadliest road named

    http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2012/12/07/sa-s-deadliest-road-named
  13. LazyLion

    BMW skewered on a Steel Barrier Section!

    Would love to know what happened here....
  14. Z

    Article: Woman crushed in 10-car pile up

    Hope she survives :(
  15. NeonNinja

    S.A yearly car accident fatalities

    What's this figure? I mean where are the figures, averages, years and stuff?
  16. xrapidx

    Advanced Driving Course - who's done one?

    Who's done an advanced driving course, went for Day 1 of 3 today - and was shocked at just how little I know about handling a car, for example, in wet conditions, I think I killed a few traffic cones today, went off a make believe cliff, and flipped over on the make believe mountain side - All...
  17. E

    End of Days?!

    Dear me, last night was a bit heavy. Picked up a friend in Plattekloof and as we drove from her house, the traffic light by Panorama Medi-clinic, an accident must have happened like less than 10 minutes before, lets just say I don't think the biker survived, was not a pretty sight to the start...
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