{"id":90509,"date":"2025-09-28T18:25:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:51:16","slug":"five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision","title":{"rendered":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Limpopo transport and community safety department said the crash occurred on the R518 road in the Lephalale Municipality, Waterberg District after a sedan overtook and collided head-on with another vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drivers of the two vehicles lost their lives on the scene, together with three female passengers. Six injured passengers were ferried to nearby hospitals. Law enforcement officers have not ruled out the possibility of reckless driving while awaiting the results of formal investigations,\u201d said the department.<\/p>\n<p>MEC Violet Mathye said on Thursday had stepped up traffic management measures to prepare for the expected surge in road travel to coincide with ongoing Heritage Month festivities, which are expected to draw additional visitors to the province.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday the department urged motorists to drive with caution, warning against reckless behaviour as traffic volumes continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>The MEC\u2019s spokesperson Tshifhiwa Dali says law enforcement visibility will be intensified on major routes, while formal investigations into the cause of the accident continue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Friday. The Limpopo transport and community safety department said the crash occurred on the R518 road in the Lephalale Municipality, Waterberg District after a sedan overtook and collided head-on with another vehicle. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":90508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-90509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Fr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Fr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-28T18:25:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-28T18:51:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-28T18:25:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-28T18:51:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\"},\"wordCount\":203,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\",\"name\":\"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-28T18:25:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-28T18:51:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Fr ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":479,\"caption\":\"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision - South Africa","description":"Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Fr ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision","og_description":"Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Fr ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-09-28T18:25:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-09-28T18:51:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":479,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision","datePublished":"2025-09-28T18:25:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-28T18:51:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision"},"wordCount":203,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg","keywords":["South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision","name":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg","datePublished":"2025-09-28T18:25:35+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-28T18:51:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Five people died and six others were injured in a head-on collision in the Lephalale Local municipality in Limpopo on Fr ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/09\/sm_1759072838.190127.jpg","width":720,"height":479,"caption":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-dead-six-injured-in-limpopo-head-on-collision#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Five Dead Six Injured in Limpopo Head-On Collision"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}