{"id":46782,"date":"2026-05-22T22:37:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-alert-major-crash-on-van-reenen-pass-road-closed-19h20-on-friday-22-may-2026-road-users-are-warned-of-a-total-road-closure-at-n3-6x-47-6s\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T22:37:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:37:56","slug":"n3-toll-route-traffic-alert-major-crash-on-van-reenen-pass-road-closed-19h20-on-friday-22-may-2026-road-users-are-warned-of-a-total-road-closure-at-n3-6x-47-6s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-alert-major-crash-on-van-reenen-pass-road-closed-19h20-on-friday-22-may-2026-road-users-are-warned-of-a-total-road-closure-at-n3-6x-47-6s\/","title":{"rendered":"N3 Toll Route | Traffic Alert | Major crash on Van Reenen Pass. Road closed | 19H20 on Friday, 22 May 2026 \u2014 Road users are warned of a *TOTAL ROAD CLOSURE at N3-6X 47.6S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major crash on Van Reenen Pass. Road closed | 19H20 on Friday, 22 May 2026 &mdash; Road users are warned of a *TOTAL ROAD CLOSURE at N3-6X 47.6S on the N3 Toll Route just south of Van Reenen town, following a multiple vehicle crash. <\/p>\n<p>One of the trucks involved in the crash overturned and dropped its full load of maize, obstructing the road. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency services and recovery teams are attending to the scene, but road users are warned to expect traffic disruptions and delays while the recovery and cleanup operations continue. <\/p>\n<p>Please approach the area with caution. Reduce speed and pay attention to warning signs and instructions from law enforcement officers. <\/p>\n<p>Real-time, verified traffic updates are available from @N3Route on X, or contact the 24\/7 N3 Helpline on 0800 63 43 57 to report emergencies on the N3 Toll Route between Cedara in KwaZulu-Natal and Heidelberg in Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>One of the trucks involved in the crash overturned and dropped its full load of maize, obstructing&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77438&#038;page=n3-toll-route-traffic-alert-major-crash-on-van-reenen-pass-road-closed-19h20-on-friday-22-may-2026-road-users-are-warned-of-a-total-road-closure-at-n3-6x-47-6s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major crash on Van Reenen Pass. Road closed | 19H20 on Friday, 22 May 2026 &mdash; Road users are warned of a *TOTAL ROAD CLOSURE at N3-6X 47.6S on the N3 Toll Route just south of Van Reenen town, following a multiple vehicle crash. One of the trucks involved in the crash overturned and dropped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46783,"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\/WhatsApp%20Image%202026-05-22%20at%2019_25_20.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[164,66],"class_list":["post-46782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/WhatsApp%20Image%202026-05-22%20at%2019_25_20.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46782","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=46782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}