{"id":40700,"date":"2025-10-30T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-update-serious-crash-at-n3-7x-3-6-n-near-swinburne-free-state-11h40-on-thurs-30-october-2025-all-lanes-on-the-n3-toll-route-have-now-been-reopened\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T14:56:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:56:01","slug":"n3-toll-route-traffic-update-serious-crash-at-n3-7x-3-6-n-near-swinburne-free-state-11h40-on-thurs-30-october-2025-all-lanes-on-the-n3-toll-route-have-now-been-reopened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-update-serious-crash-at-n3-7x-3-6-n-near-swinburne-free-state-11h40-on-thurs-30-october-2025-all-lanes-on-the-n3-toll-route-have-now-been-reopened\/","title":{"rendered":"N3 Toll Route | Traffic Update | Serious Crash at N3-7X 3.6 N near Swinburne, Free State | 11h40 on Thurs, 30 October 2025 \u2014 ALL LANES on the N3 Toll Route have now been REOPENED"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serious Crash at N3-7X 3.6 N near Swinburne, Free State | 11h40 on Thurs, 30 October 2025 &mdash; ALL LANES on the N3 Toll Route have now been REOPENED to traffic following this morning&rsquo;s fatal crash near Swinburne (at N3-7X 3.6 N) involving a minibus taxi and a truck.<\/p>\n<p>Road users are advised to expect ongoing traffic congestion and delays in the area until the backlog is cleared and normal traffic flow is fully restored.<\/p>\n<p>N3TC appreciates the patience and understanding of all road users under these difficult circumstances and extends its gratitude to members of the Road Incident Management System (RIMS) who responded to the crash scene.<\/p>\n<p>Please continue to share the road responsibly.<\/p>\n<p>Report any problems or emergencies on the N3 Toll Route between Cedara in KwaZulu-Natal and Heidelberg in Gauteng by contacting the 24\/7 N3 Helpline on 0800 63 43 57, or follow @N3Route on X for real-time, verified route updates.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS. <\/p>\n<p>Issued by: N3 Toll Concession (N3TC)&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=75090&#038;page=n3-toll-route-traffic-update-serious-crash-at-n3-7x-3-6-n-near-swinburne-free-state-11h40-on-thurs-30-october-2025-all-lanes-on-the-n3-toll-route-have-now-been-reopened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serious Crash at N3-7X 3.6 N near Swinburne, Free State | 11h40 on Thurs, 30 October 2025 &mdash; ALL LANES on the N3 Toll Route have now been REOPENED to traffic following this morning&rsquo;s fatal crash near Swinburne (at N3-7X 3.6 N) involving a minibus taxi and a truck. Road users are advised to expect [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40701,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/N3TC%20MAP.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[852,164,66,1888,1327],"class_list":["post-40700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-free-state","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-taxi","tag-taxi-accident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/N3TC%20MAP.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}