Road accidents
Toddler still missing after mother’s car plunged into Voelklip ocean
The girl was with her mother and eight-year-old brother at the time of the accident.
But 1,448 people still lost their lives on our roads.
The Department of Transport has set a target to ensure a 20% decline in fatalities this festive season.
ER24 paramedics spokesperson Russel Meiring on Friday said children were among the injured.
Paramedics treated 15 passengers who were injured in the collision.
When paramedics arrived on the scene earlier on Thursday morning, they found the taxi lying on its side on Northumberland Avenue.
As the festive season fast approaches, Gauteng motorists are being warned not to transgress road rules.
The crash, in which 16 people were killed, took place on the R66 between Ulundi and Melmoth on Wednesday.
Twelve members of one family died after the mini-bus taxi they were travelling in rolled down an embankment near Underberg when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Professor Hennie Klopper said the accepted norm is between 7 and 21 casualties per 100,000 motor vehicles. South Africa has 134 casualties per 100,000 motor vehicles.
The vehicle they were travelling in burst into flames after it crashed into a wall along the R300 in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Sipho Ntuli, who faces eight counts of culpable homicide, was allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol when the incident occurred.
The incident occurred before Jakes Gerwel Drive.
The exact circumstances surrounding the crash are still unknown.
The country has seen a historically low number of crashes on the roads during this period with 28 people losing their lives on the roads – a huge decrease in comparison to other years.
Emergency services had to use the jaws of life to free the car, which was lodged under the bus.
A taxi collided head-on with another vehicle which was transporting the pupils from Robertsham Primary School on Wednesday.
Several others have been injured and have been rushed to hospital.
The taxi they were travelling in crashed into another vehicle in Durban west.