News By Category Accidents

MVA turns fortunes around

3 weeks ago - 24 June 2019 | Accidents

The Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Fund was congratulated as one of a handful of parastatals that have made a turnaround and is not running at a loss over the last number of years.Appearing before the...

Crashed truck hit by train

1 month - 11 June 2019 | Accidents

Miracles do happen: All the people involved in a freak crash involving a truck, a smaller truck and a train on the B2 highway between Usakos and Karibib this morning sustained minor injuries. The accident...

Double tragedy hits Swapo

1 month - 28 May 2019 | Accidents

STAFF REPORTER The ruling party lost two of its leaders in separate incidents yesterday.The first tragedy took place early yesterday morning when 35-year-old Walvis Bay local authority councillor Samson Nghilumbwa died in...

Trucker recalls terrible crash

1 month - 21 May 2019 | Accidents

Six people, including a five-year-old girl, died in an accident on the B1 road between Otjiwarongo and Okahandja on Sunday afternoon. According to the spokesperson of the Namibian police, Deputy Commissioner Edwin Kanguatjivi, the...

Latest crash stats a horror

2 months ago - 13 May 2019 | Accidents

Close to 200 people have lost their lives on Namibian roads since the start of the year while more than 1 900 sustained injuries in 1 162 crashes.In line with previous trends, substantially more males...

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15 survive crash near Otjiwarongo

2 months ago - 02 May 2019 | Accidents

Fifteen people were involved in an accident near Otjiwarongo yesterday when a sedan and minibus collided and left the road.Inspector Maureen Mbeha said both the...

Truck and train involved in accident in Mariental

2 months ago - 29 April 2019 | Accidents

The police in the Hardap Region opened a case of reckless and negligent driving after a train and truck were involved in an accident at...

Iiponga mehuliloshiwike lyapaasa ya shuna pevi

2 months ago - 26 April 2019 | Accidents

Omwaalu gwiiponga yomoondjila mbyoka ya lopotwa pethimbo lyehuliloshiwike ele lyapaasa, ogwa shuna pevi okuyeleka noomvula dha piti pethimbo lya faathana. Iiponga yi li 44 oya...

Easter crashes decline

2 months ago - 25 April 2019 | Accidents

The number of car crashes on Namibian roads took a drastic nosedive this past Easter weekend compared with previous years. A total of 44 crashes...

Pledge zero crashes this weekend

2 months ago - 18 April 2019 | Accidents

As the long weekend looms and the risk of death and injury on national roads rises steeply, Namibian authorities are asking all motorists to pledge...

Fake doctor probed deadly crash in Namibia

3 months ago - 12 April 2019 | Accidents

JANA-MARI SMITH A 58-year-old man who worked with Namibian forensic teams to identify the victims of the Mozambican LAM flight crash...

Road safety is everyone's concern

3 months ago - 11 April 2019 | Accidents

With the Easter weekend just around the corner, road safety is on everyone's mind. Namibia Media Holdings (NMH), together with OUTsurance Namibia, launched a road...

N$5 000 fine for govt...

3 months ago - 03 April 2019 | Accidents

Government driver Festers Tubazumbe (46), who crashed into a veterinary clinic on Friday morning, has been fined N$5 000 by the Swakopmund Magistrate's Court.He appeared...

19 perish on country's roads

3 months ago - 19 March 2019 | Accidents

Nineteen people perished on Namibia's roads this past weekend, according to the police.Thirteen people were killed in an accident on Sunday afternoon that occurred about...

Traffic laws under fire

3 months ago - 19 March 2019 | Accidents

As road deaths in Namibia continue to increase almost daily, a global report has identified several deficiencies in the country's arsenal to combat this scourge....

Geingob saddened by horror...

3 months ago - 18 March 2019 | Accidents

President Hage Geingob has expressed his grief over 13 people who lost their lives in a terrible car crash outside Otavi on Sunday afternoon. While...

No survivors in horror crash

4 months ago - 12 March 2019 | Accidents

A head-on collision between Windhoek and Okahandja killed all six occupants of the two cars yesterday morning.Witnesses told Namibian Sun that the driver of a...

Authorities crack down on deadly...

4 months ago - 01 March 2019 | Accidents

An intensive road-safety campaign over the summer holidays contributed to a sharp decrease in deaths and accidents compared to the previous festive season.More than 12...