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In contrast, other developed countries tracked by the International Transport Forum saw a median decrease of 77% in fatal crashes, with Spain experiencing the largest reduction. On a population-adjusted basis, Spain had 86% fewer car crash fatalities in 2021 compared to 1991. [ 4 ]
2024 Mmamatlakala bus crash. On 28 March 2024, a passenger bus crashed near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, the northernmost province of South Africa, killing 45 people and leaving an eight-year-old girl, who sustained serious injuries, as the sole survivor. [1][2] According to the South African Department of Transport, the incident occurred when the ...
March 28 – South Africa – Mamatlakala highway accident. A bus carrying pilgrims from Gaborone, Botswana fell off a bridge and into a ravine in the Mamatlakala mountain pass in Limpopo, killing 45 people and injuring a child. [508] [509] April 1 - Russia - A train collided with a bus in Yaroslavl Oblast, killing eight people on the bus. [510]
A graph of South Africa's murder rate (annual murders per 100,000 people) spanning the century from 1915 to 2022. The murder rate increased rapidly towards the end of Apartheid, reaching a peak in 1993. It then decreased until bottoming out at 30 per 100,000 in 2011, but steadily increased again to 41 per 100,000 in 2021 after a brief drop in 2020.
COVID-19 portal. v. t. e. This is a list of notable people who are reported to have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in South Africa, as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Orkney, South Africa: 62 31 August 1987 A methane gas explosion at the St. Helena gold mine severed the cable of a double-deck elevator, causing it to fall 1.4 kilometers to the bottom of the mine shaft, killing all 52 people on board. 10 others who were not in the elevator were killed in the explosion. [104] [105] Welkom, South Africa: 31 27 ...
The national emergency number for ambulances in South Africa is 10 177. These publicly operated services are supplemented by multiple private-for-profit ambulance companies, NetCare 911 [3] and ER24, [4] of which operate locally and nationally. The statutory services and private companies are further supplemented by voluntary ambulance services ...
A traffic collision in Japan, 2007 The aftermath of an accident involving a jackknifing truck, Mozambique, Africa. A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.