Road Safety with a Cautious Smile for the Festive Season
The Arrive Alive Road Safety website would like to wish all road users a safe festive season on the road. This Festive Season we would like to combine the very serious message of Road Safety with a few...
View ArticlePedestrian safety from snakes and snake bites
Article & photos by Robert McKenzie, KZN Emergency Medical Services Media Liaison Officer INTRODUCTION South Africa has several endemic snake species. Just mentioning the word snake is enough to...
View ArticleLicense / Learner Applications
This was a pass rate of 39.3%. * There had been 1.95 million applications for learners’ licenses of which 1.074 million had been issued or a pass rate of just more than 55%. Reasons for so many...
View ArticleSafety on the Road to Sports Stadiums
Introduction South Africa is experiencing a huge inflow of visitors to sports events. The country has been recognized as an excellent host nation for sports events, and international competitions in...
View Article56 Fatalities in a Year - The Demise of Motorbike Delivery Riders
The rise of online shopping has led to the demise of delivery riders countrywide in South Africa. At what point will South Africans rise, have a conscience and say that the death of a human being is...
View ArticleSafely Driving and Operating Forklifts
In recent years we shared several incidents from emergency medical services where people were injured in incidents involving forklifts. These included road crashes, rollovers as well as accidents in...
View ArticleStop the Forklift Safety Crisis: Act now to protect your workplace
Forklifts are vital to the efficient operation of many industries from warehouses, and factories to construction sites. According to recent reports by Arrive Alive; despite their importance, forklift...
View ArticleEasy Vehicle License Renewal with Disky
At Glasfit, they're always looking for ways to add value to our partners and their clients. That’s why they are excited to introduce Disky, an innovative WhatsApp-based service that simplifies vehicle...
View ArticleRoad Deaths, Wills Drafting and Estate Administration
In South Africa, we experience horrific road deaths, injuries and trauma related to incidents on our roads. Through the Arrive Alive road safety initiative we strive to create awareness that could...
View ArticleRollover Crashes, Crash Reconstruction and Safer Driving
On the Arrive Alive website, we share crash reports received from various medical emergency response services across South Africa. During the past Festive season, we received several reports stating...
View ArticleFirst Aid For Passengers In A Vehicle Rollover
A vehicle rollover is one of the most terrifying and dangerous crash scenarios. As a passenger, your actions before, during, and after the rollover can make a significant difference in minimizing...
View ArticleRoad Safety & Notification of Sudden Death after an Accident
Background to sudden death notification Thousands of lives are lost on the roads daily. It is the unenviable duty of many police officers, emergency personnel and relatives of the deceased to notify...
View ArticleLocaTrack: Enhancing Family Safety on the Roads This Summer
Introduction With the summer season upon us, South Africa's roads become busier as families travel for holidays, making road safety more critical than ever. As part of the Arrive Alive Summer Campaign,...
View ArticleToll Roads in South Africa
Why have toll roads? Roads form the main artery of economic competitiveness, growth and social development. To Build roads costs billions of rands. Toll roads assist us in meeting the demands of social...
View ArticleTwelve motorcycles impounded in Alberton
On Thursday 06 February 2025 between the hours of 11:00 and 14:00,the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Overloads Unit Officers, impounded twelve(12) motorcycles for failing to meet the...
View ArticleGuide to Bus Passenger Safety
Introduction to Safety for Passengers During the start of 2011, there have been horrific and alarming bus crashes across the globe. Studies have however revealed that the transportation of school...
View ArticleBus Crashes, Crash Investigation and Preventative Measures
South Africa has recently experienced a significant increase in road fatalities among our bus passengers. There have been within the short time frame of 2 weeks 3 horrific bus crashes in KZN, the Free...
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