Netcare 911 paramedics responded to an accident on the N3 by Buccleuch in Sandton this evening.
Upon their arrival on scene they found a man in a critical condition after two vehicles were involved in a rear-end collision.
The Netcare1 helicopter was activated to airlift the critically injured man to hospital for the urgent medical care that he required.
Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain the subject of a police investigation.