{"id":42844,"date":"2026-01-09T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/five-killed-on-the-r23-between-standerton-and-perdekop-when-a-sedan-collided-head-on-with-a-light-delivery-vehicle\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:00:05","slug":"five-killed-on-the-r23-between-standerton-and-perdekop-when-a-sedan-collided-head-on-with-a-light-delivery-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/five-killed-on-the-r23-between-standerton-and-perdekop-when-a-sedan-collided-head-on-with-a-light-delivery-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"Five killed on the R23 between Standerton and Perdekop when a sedan collided head-on with a light delivery vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four people were killed on the R23 between Standerton and Perdekop when a sedan collided head-on with a light delivery vehicle (LDV) on Thursday, 08 January 2026. The deceased , all adults were occupants of the sedan, including the driver. The driver of the LDV and a child were seriously injured and taken to the nearby medical facility in Standerton for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation. Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety, Security and Liaison, Mr Jackie Macie, said the loss is tragic for the families and a huge blow to the community. He warned that reckless driving and failure to obey road rules burden insurers and the government with hefty claims.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We urge all road users to adhere to the rules, stay alert and concentrate fully to avoid deadly crashes,&rdquo; Macie added. He extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and wished the injured a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Ends.<\/p>\n<p>Issued by Mpumalanga Department of Community Safety, Security and Liaison&#8230;.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=76057&#038;page=five-killed-on-the-r23-between-standerton-and-perdekop-when-a-sedan-collided-head-on-with-a-light-delivery-vehicle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four people were killed on the R23 between Standerton and Perdekop when a sedan collided head-on with a light delivery vehicle (LDV) on Thursday, 08 January 2026. The deceased , all adults were occupants of the sedan, including the driver. The driver of the LDV and a child were seriously injured and taken to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42845,"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\/611256399_1212443334325676_8219568173478075159_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-42844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-mpumalanga"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/611256399_1212443334325676_8219568173478075159_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42844","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=42844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}