TAEGAN DEVAR | Time to switch gears on personalising safety in South Africa
Let’s get to the bottom of South Africans’ high tolerance for risk on our roads
14 March 2025 - 04:30
A recent article in the Sunday Times shared yet another tragic accident on South African roads. A bus rolled down an embankment on the N2 and resulted in the death of at least nine people. As I write this, there is breaking news of another fatal bus crash on the R21 Northbound in which at least 12 people have died and 45 have been injured. The incident involved a scholar transport vehicle carrying primary schoolchildren...
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