National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996
The National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996 is the primary statute governing road traffic in South Africa. It establishes the licensing regime (vehicle codes, learner/driving licences), and the offences that underpin many learner-test rules — section 65 (driving over the alcohol limit), section 63 (reckless or negligent driving), section 61 (duties of a driver after an accident), and section 12 (licence required).
Use in wiki
- Authoritative legal basis for rule notes — cite section numbers (s12, s61, s63, s65).
- Public legislation: facts and text freely reusable.
Extraction notes
- Extracted the statutory basis for alcohol limits, accident-reporting duty, reckless-driving offence and the licence-code framework.
Connections
- Alcohol Limit — derived_from_source, source: 2026-06-28
- Emergency Vehicles and Accidents — derived_from_source, source: 2026-06-28
- Rules of the Road — derived_from_source, source: 2026-06-28
Sources
- National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996 — accessed 2026-06-28