N1 Accidents Today — Live Corridor Watch

Quick answer: 3 news reports naming the N1 in the last 24 hours, 9 in the last 7 days (headlines state 24 deaths); 0 official live incidents on or near the road right now; 1 geocoded report within 20 km. The N1 is the 1,940-km national route from Cape Town over the Karoo to Bloemfontein, Johannesburg, Pretoria and the Zimbabwe border.

Reports naming the N1

last 24 hours

Last 7 days

headline mentions

Official incidents now

within 20 km of the road

1,940

Kilometres

10 waypoints · Cape Town → Musina

— zones in view

N1 corridor Accident report · last 24h Official traffic incident Toggle CAMERAS on the map for live views

Headlines

Latest reports naming the N1

News items from the last 7 days whose headline names the road, country-matched. Every item links to the publisher.

road Cape Town braces for N1 delays as crews repair damaged 50-tonne bridge - The Citizen www.citizen.co.za · 3 hr ago

road Cape Town N1 closed after truck damages Lower Church Street bridge - Cape Town ETC www.capetownetc.com · 10 hr ago

road Accident on N1 South near Buccleuch causes traffic delays - The Citizen www.citizen.co.za · 19 hr ago

road South Africa 21 dead in a collision between two minibuses on the N1 - Bénin Web TV beninwebtv.bj · 2 days ago

road Three Women Killed In N1 Truck Crash Near Gyser Between Mokopane And Polokwane | SA Trucker - SA Trucker satrucker.co.za · 3 days ago

road N1 Gyser near Astron Garage partially closed following fatal crash - Arrive Alive www.arrivealive.co.za · 3 days ago

road Three women killed after a goods truck carrying passengers overturns on N1 - Sunday Tribune sundaytribune.co.za · 3 days ago

road Three women killed in N1 truck crash in Limpopo - Joburg ETC www.joburgetc.com · 3 days ago

road 3 killed, 4 injured in N1 truck crash near Gyser - The Citizen www.citizen.co.za · 4 days ago

Official feeds

Live incidents on or near the N1 right now

Transport-authority and traffic-data incidents within 20 km of the centreline, nearest first.

No official live incident inside the N1 corridor at the moment. Feeds are re-read every 15 minutes.

Geocoded

Accident reports placed within 20 km of the N1 (24 h)

City-level placements from the live feed — the dot marks the city named in the headline, not the exact carriageway.

Cape Town · 0.3 km Cape Town N1 closed after truck damages Lower Church Street bridge - Cape Town ETC 10 hr ago

Questions

N1 — FAQ

Is there an accident on the N1 today?

Yes — 3 news reports naming the N1 reached our feeds in the last 24 hours (listed below with source and time). Official live incidents inside the corridor are shown separately when a transport authority publishes them.

Where does this N1 page get its data?

Three places, none of them estimated: (1) news headlines from GDELT, Google News RSS and GNews that name the road, country-matched so the British M1 and the Pakistani M-1 are never mixed up; (2) official incident feeds already on this site (511 systems, state DOT ArcGIS layers, city feeds, MapQuest) filtered to points within 20 km of the road's centreline; (3) the live traffic-camera index for cameras nearest to each waypoint.

How is 'near the N1' defined?

The road is stored as 10 waypoints (Cape Town, Paarl, Worcester, Beaufort West…). A report or incident counts as on the corridor when it lies within 20 km of the line between those waypoints. City-level geocoded reports are approximate by nature — they mark the city, not the exact carriageway.

What should I do if I am in a crash on the N1?

Get to a safe place away from live lanes if you can, call 10111 / 112, and give the direction, junction or mile marker. Do not stand between vehicles or on the hard shoulder longer than necessary. This page is informational and updates every 15 minutes; it is not an emergency service.

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