{"id":47033,"date":"2026-06-01T23:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/serious-multi-vehicle-accident-on-the-m1-north-at-the-crown-interchange\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T21:23:17","slug":"serious-multi-vehicle-accident-on-the-m1-north-at-the-crown-interchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/serious-multi-vehicle-accident-on-the-m1-north-at-the-crown-interchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Serious multi-vehicle accident on the M1 North at the Crown Interchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) is currently on the scene of a serious multi-vehicle accident that occurred on the M1 North at the Crown Interchange at approximately 15:40 this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The accident involved three vehicles: two heavy-duty trucks and one private motor vehicle. Preliminary reports indicate that the private vehicle became wedged between the two trucks during the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Two individuals from the private vehicle, the driver and a passenger sustained serious injuries. Both have been stabilised and transported to a nearby hospital for urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The exact cause of the accident is not yet determined and remains under active investigation a case of reckless and negligent driving will be opened for further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The scene is partially active, resulting in significant congestion across the Johannesburg freeway network.<\/p>\n<p>Only two lanes are currently open on the M1 North toward the Crown Interchange.<\/p>\n<p>Motorists should&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=77529&#038;page=serious-multi-vehicle-accident-on-the-m1-north-at-the-crown-interchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) is currently on the scene of a serious multi-vehicle accident that occurred on the M1 North at the Crown Interchange at approximately 15:40 this afternoon. The accident involved three vehicles: two heavy-duty trucks and one private motor vehicle. Preliminary reports indicate that the private vehicle became wedged between the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47034,"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\/710799513_1421682976654791_5861084538598167723_n.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-accidents"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/\/ckfinder\/userfiles\/images\/710799513_1421682976654791_5861084538598167723_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47033","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=47033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}