{"id":46059,"date":"2026-04-25T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/traffic-alert-n4-road-closed-at-waterval-boven-tunnel\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T12:28:11","slug":"traffic-alert-n4-road-closed-at-waterval-boven-tunnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/traffic-alert-n4-road-closed-at-waterval-boven-tunnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic Alert: N4 Road Closed at Waterval Boven Tunnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Location: N4 Highway at Waterval Boven Tunnel<\/p>\n<p>The N4 is currently CLOSED at the Waterval Boven tunnel due to a serious accident. Emergency services are on-scene managing what is reported as a possible fatal incident.<\/p>\n<p>Action Required:<\/p>\n<p>* Use alternate routes: Divert via Schoemanskloof or the Elands Valley (expect delays).<\/p>\n<p>* Avoid the area: Traffic is backing up significantly in both directions.<\/p>\n<p>#DriveSafe #LiveTraffic #ArriveAlive<\/p>\n<p>25 April 2026 11h45&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77176&#038;page=traffic-alert-n4-road-closed-at-waterval-boven-tunnel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: N4 Highway at Waterval Boven Tunnel The N4 is currently CLOSED at the Waterval Boven tunnel due to a serious accident. Emergency services are on-scene managing what is reported as a possible fatal incident. Action Required: * Use alternate routes: Divert via Schoemanskloof or the Elands Valley (expect delays). * Avoid the area: Traffic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46060,"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\/4e3b4ae0-cc8b-4463-b083-ba86db2c65bb.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/4e3b4ae0-cc8b-4463-b083-ba86db2c65bb.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46059","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=46059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}