The Pedal Power Association (PPA) says it will be closely following the case of the deaths of two people who were killed by a motorist on the R102 on Sunday as the investigation unfolds.

Dead on the scene

Two men, seemingly on their way to work, were hit by a Hyundai i10 vehicle and were declared dead on the scene.

“Based on social media reports and photographs, the Pedal Power Association has been trying to obtain accurate information from the police as to what exactly occurred. We were contacted by the Kleinvlei police station on Tuesday 29 September, who confirmed the following: ‘The police have registered two counts of culpable homicide following an incident that occurred on the R102 Strand Road on Sunday 27 September 2026 at about 05:30.

“According to reports, two adult men were cycling to work, and they were bumped by a silver grey Hyundai i10. They were both declared deceased on the scene by medical personnel. The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation’,” says Neil Robinson, CEO of PPA.

“As we would like justice served, it truly concentrates the mind when so many tragic and unnecessary deaths are occurring on our roads. We will work with the police across this case (as we are doing with many others around the country) to help bring justice to the bereaved families.”

Prevention measures

Robinson says adequate safety and prevention measures including good infrastructure, ongoing road-safety education and effective enforcement measures, together with proper punishment tools (like visible and competent policing, a well-resourced NPA and a system which deals out measured punishments) will help prevent this ongoing scourge on our roads.

Jermaine Carelse, divisional commander at the City of Cape Town’s emergency services and an avid rider, says cyclists’ safety is not optional. “We have helmets, but not protection against a vehicle passing too close or too fast. We plead with motorists to please slow down and give us space. We’re not trying to hold you up, we just want to get home safely. A few seconds of patience could save a life; let us share the road,” says Carelse.

Reygana Khatieb has been married to a cyclist, Ahmed, for 24 years. “My husband still rides from Blackheath to Stellenbosch every day for work and I am always alert. I have joined an accident WhatsApp group and as soon as there is an alert I look,” she says, adding that the husband and their award winning son rides for Kinetic Cycling Club.

Their son, Faraz, who is in matric, is a champion cyclist who won the u-19 division of the Cape Town Cycling Tour earlier this year. “When he is on the road I follow him on an app. The app responds every time there is a hard bump and we can see what is going on,” says Khatieb.

According to her, both cyclists and motorists must take responsibility for road safety.

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