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N1 to remain open for now

Brake failure led to N1 truck accident

By Andries van Zyl • 23 February 2026
N1 to remain open for now

The N1 north remains open despite reports of a four-to-five-hour closure for truck recovery. The truck involved in yesterday's accident experienced brake failure, causing it to strike three vehicles and later veer off the road and catch fire. No fatalities were reported, but the truck driver was hospitalized with injuries.

Despite earlier social media reports that motorists could expect a four- to five-hour road closure this morning (23 February) on the N1 north between Louis Trichardt and Musina to allow for the recovery of the truck involved in yesterday afternoon’s accident, the N1 remains open for now.

According to the Limpopo Department of Transport and Community Safety, preliminary investigations suggest the truck involved in yesterday’s accident experienced brake failure while travelling north in t...

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