The development team of the Arrive Alive website has decided to give more attention to safety guidelines at construction zones and roadwork. Thousands of people are killed when traffic has to pass through road construction or maintenance works every year. The numbers of construction zone injuries and fatalities…
Cape Town’s biggest bus operator Golden Arrow says the city might not be able to deliver the integrated rapid transit (IRT) system before the World Cup. John Dammert, Golden Arrow’s corporate development manager, told the Cape Argus on Wednesday that he was sceptical of the city meeting its IRT…
Italy – A tragic accident that claimed the life of a motorcyclist has overshadowed the start of Tuesday’s tenth stage at the Giro d’Italia. Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Fabio Saccani, who was working as a motorcyclist for a photographer at the Giro, died after crashing into a car as he…
The Road Safety & Arrive Alive Blog would like to announce the launch of a new Road Safety Blog at the domain http://www.roadsafety.co.za. For the past 6 years we have been committed to road safety via the Arrive Alive road safety website at http://www.arrivealive.co.za, complimented through the Road Safety &…
At approximately 18h36 on Thursday night 07 May 2009, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to reports of an armed robbery at an orphanage close to the corners of Martha and Rabie roads in Fontainebleau, Randburg. Paramedics, police and private security companies all responded to the incident and found that a gang of armed men had forced…
This morning Netcare 911 rushed to the scene of a very tragic accident on the R102 near Mount Moria in the Duffs road area. When Paramedics arrived they were faced with a very horrific sight. A 6 year old school girl in her uniform was hit by a car while she was crossing…
The Arrive Alive website received an email from a concerned runner/ jogger complaining about the attitude of some bikers. The email was worded as follows: “I was always under the impression that the guys from THINK BIKE are law obeying citizen. And in conjunction with arrive alive making…
This afternoon Netcare 911 in Pietermaritzburg rushed to the scene of an horrific accident on the N3 near Umlaas Rd. A family on the way back to Gauteng lost control of their vehicle and rolled down an embankment. The mother, father and a 6 month little girl had sustained serious injuries…
At approximately 17h00 on Saturday afternoon 02 May 2009, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to reports of a fire on the roof of the well known Convention Centre in the heart of Sandton, in Johannesburgs northern suburbs. Our dispatch centre also alerted the Johannesburg Emergency Services of the incident. A Netcare…
At approximately 11h54 on Sunday 03 May 2009, Netcare 911 paramedics responded to reports of a shooting following an armed robbery at a store at a the mall on 7th street in the CBD of Springs, east of Johannesburg. Paramedics attended to three injured people at the scene. The first victim…
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