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Durban Accident Reports

Quick answer: 22 accident reports in or near Durban in the last 30 days, the latest on 2026-10-08, taken from news headlines and placed on the map. Each one links to the outlet that published it.

About Durban

Durban is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South Africa, on the Natal Bay of the Indian Ocean, Durban is the busiest port city in sub-Saharan Africa and was formerly named Port Natal. North of the harbour and city centre lies the mouth of the Umgeni River; the flat city centre rises to the hills of the Berea on the west; and to the south, running along the coast, is the Bluff.

Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · read 2026-09-14

Reports, 30 days

latest: 2026-10-08

Reports, 60 days

in or near Durban

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65 km area reports are matched to News headlines placed by city name — not exact crash locations

Latest reports

Accident news in and near Durban

Date	Headline	Type	Outlet
2026-10-08	10 people killed in Durban minibus taxi crash - SABC News	Road	www.sabcnews.com
2026-10-08	The Durban Metro Police Service can confirm that 10 people have sadly lost their lives following a serious taxi crash on Old Georgedale Road in Cato Ridge - Arrive Alive	Rail	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-10-06	One killed, truck driver critically injured in Pinetown N3 crash - TimesLIVE	Road	www.timeslive.co.za
2026-10-06	One killed, truck driver critically injured in Pinetown N3 crash - The Witness \| Your compass in the community	Road	witness.co.za
2026-10-06	One Killed One Critically Injured in Pinetown Crash - Arrive Alive	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-10-06	Pinetown crash leaves one dead, one critically injured - The Citizen	Road	www.citizen.co.za
2026-10-05	Two Injured In Head-On Collision: Tongaat – KZN - Arrive Alive	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-09-27	Fire in Durban leaves over 100 informal settlement dwellers homeless - SABC News	Road	www.sabcnews.com
2026-09-26	PICS: Warehouse fire in Durban contained within 30 minutes - IOL	Road	iol.co.za
2026-09-25	HOMii lift tragedy: Durban father demands eThekwini report nearly a year after twins’ fall - IOL	Road	iol.co.za
2026-09-24	Durban father calls for release of report into fatal HOMii lift-shaft incident - IOL	Road	iol.co.za
2026-09-24	Pedestrian Injured In Taxi Accident: Tongaat – KwaZulu-Natal - arrivealive.co.za	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-09-23	South Africa House Party Massacre: 11 Killed, Including A Pregnant Woman, In Mass Shooting In Durban; No Arrests So Far - thedailyjagran.com	Road	www.thedailyjagran.com
2026-09-23	11 killed, including a pregnant woman, in mass shooting in KwaMakhutha, south of Durban - dailynews.co.za	Road	dailynews.co.za
2026-09-23	Psychologist concedes Durban hotel killer could be faking distress - news24.com	Road	www.news24.com
2026-09-23	Bloodbath as 11 people are shot dead in gang-related feud in KwaMakhutha, outside Durban - mg.co.za	Road	mg.co.za
2026-09-23	South Africa mass shooting: At least 11 killed by unidentified gunman in Durban - The Times of India	Road	timesofindia.indiatimes.com
2026-09-18	A motor vehicle crash has been reported on Jellicoe Road in Pinetown - arrivealive.co.za	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-09-18	Tembisa driver in court for rape; Mudslides collapse Durban homes: Today’s top 7 stories - news24.com	Road	www.news24.com
2026-09-18	Two-Vehicle Collision Leaves One Injured: Tongaat - KZN - Arrive Alive	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-09-17	Multiple Injured In Truck Collision: Tongaat – KZN - truckandfreight.co.za	Road	truckandfreight.co.za
2026-09-14	‘Did he call out for me?’: Durban mother demands answers after son dies on cruise ship - news24.com	Boat / ferry	www.news24.com
2026-09-10	Crash on Argyle Road and NMR Avenue, Durban - arrivealive.co.za	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za
2026-09-06	Car Crashes Over Ditch: Tongaat – KZN - Arrive Alive	Road	www.arrivealive.co.za

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Questions

Durban accidents — FAQ

Where do the Durban accident reports come from?

From news coverage: every 15 minutes the site reads GDELT, Google News and GNews for accident headlines, and a gazetteer of world cities places a headline on the map when it names a city. A report is listed here when that place is within 65 km of central Durban and Durban is the nearest large city to it. These are news reports, not police records: the same headline syndicated by several outlets is counted once, but separate stories about one accident still count separately, and headlines without accident words or from law-firm press releases are left out.

How many accidents happen in Durban?

In the last 30 days, 22 accident reports named a place in or near Durban, most of them road accidents. That counts reports that made the news, not every collision — the official total for a city of this size is far higher.

Is this page real-time?

The report list is rebuilt every hour from the archive that the 15-minute news cycle writes. For an emergency call your local emergency number — see the emergency numbers page for South Africa.

Reports are news headlines geocoded with the GeoNames gazetteer (CC BY 4.0) and matched to the nearest city of 500,000+ people within 65 km; list rebuilt 2026-10-12T05:30 UTC. See also accidents in South Africa, all city pages, emergency numbers and how reports are placed.