{"id":55716,"date":"2026-08-10T23:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-update-safety-risks-increase-in-poor-weather-and-at-nightfall\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T23:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:40:26","slug":"n3-toll-route-traffic-update-safety-risks-increase-in-poor-weather-and-at-nightfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/accidents\/n3-toll-route-traffic-update-safety-risks-increase-in-poor-weather-and-at-nightfall\/","title":{"rendered":"N3 Toll Route | Traffic Update | Safety risks increase in poor weather and at nightfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Safety risks increase in poor weather and at night falls | 18:00, 10 August 2026 &mdash; Prevailing adverse weather, including rain, snow, mist and freezing temperatures, continues to affect parts of the N3 Toll Route, contributing to hazardous driving conditions from KwaZulu-Natal through the Free State and parts of Mpumalanga and Gauteng.<\/p>\n<p>N3TC warns road users to exercise extreme caution, particularly when travelling at night.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As night falls, these conditions can become even more challenging,&rdquo; explains Thania Dhoogra, chief operating officer of N3TC.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Reduced visibility, wet and slippery road surfaces, falling temperatures and the risk of ice forming on the road can significantly increase the dangers of night-time driving. Black ice can be particularly hazardous as it may be difficult to see, while mist, rain and snowfall can obscure road markings, other vehicles and potential hazards ahead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>N3TC advises road users to reconsider non-essential night-time&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arrivealive.co.za\/news.aspx?s=1&#038;i=78251&#038;page=n3-toll-route-traffic-update-safety-risks-increase-in-poor-weather-and-at-nightfall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on Arrive Alive <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Safety risks increase in poor weather and at night falls | 18:00, 10 August 2026 &mdash; Prevailing adverse weather, including rain, snow, mist and freezing temperatures, continues to affect parts of the N3 Toll Route, contributing to hazardous driving conditions from KwaZulu-Natal through the Free State and parts of Mpumalanga and Gauteng. N3TC warns road [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2149],"tags":[852,164,66,313],"class_list":["post-55716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-accidents","tag-free-state","tag-gauteng","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-mpumalanga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55716","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=55716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}