Traffic accident

Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years

Additional reports pointed out that there were four other victims at the scene, two injured in moderate condition with injuries to the abdomen and limbs, and two injured in light condition.

 MDA Ambulance
A bus overturns on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, January 16, 2026.

At least 27 injured as bus overturns on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat

Police officers load the bodies of the victims who died in a road accident onto a truck at Cumbre de Alaska in Totonicapan, Guatemala, on December 27, 2025.

At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident

The scene of a car accident involving a minibus and a private car with injuries that were evacuated by Magen David Adom Ambulances, route 98, southern Golan Heights, September 29, 2025.

Man killed during car accident marks 450th death in 2025, making deadliest year in last two decades


Technion alumni join consortium of companies making roads safer

The consortium, which will tackle traffic congestion, road accidents, infrastructure and air pollution across Israel, is being joined by Israeli startups – many of which come from the Technion.

Traffic jams seen on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv.

Eight dead in crash between truck, minibus in Jordan Valley

The Palestinian Authority declared a day of mourning for Friday for those killed in the crash.

 Deadly car crash on Highway 90 in the Jordan Valley, January 6, 2022

Eleven people killed in road accidents over the weekend in Israel

Among those killed this weekend were five Palestinians who died late Friday night in a collision between two cars on Road 60.

 A crashed car is seen after the deadly accident on Highway 4 on October 10, 2021.

Parents of 12-year-old killed while riding his bike speak publicly

His parents spoke about their reaction at the moment that they heard that their son had been killed, and shared stories about him, his personality, and his hobbies.

Israelis ride their bicycles along the empty Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving.

6 injured in second crash on Highway 505 in as many days

The accidents occurred all over the country, as numbers of traffic-related casualties continue to eclipse the 2019 pre-Covid numbers.

Site of the accident near the Morasha junction today (Friday)

More than 200 injured when two trains collide in Malaysian capital

The incident occurred when one of the trains, which was empty after being repaired, collided head-on with another train carrying 213 passengers travelling in the opposite direction on the same track.

Train tracks

United Hatzalah president attempts to resuscitate family after accident

Beer was travelling with his family for a vacation when he received a notification that there had been a car accident not far from his location.

Eli Beer

IDF identifies reservist who died in car crash

He was posthumously promoted to the rank of Staff-Sgt.-Maj.

Sgt.-Maj. Yossef Haim Shalom

Security forces shoot at vehicle in accident mistaken as terror attack

No injuries were caused by the gunfire.

PALESTINIANS WAIT at an IDF checkpoint in the West Bank late last year.

Train traffic reduced on Haifa-Tel Aviv line after train hits wild boars

Haifa has seen its local wild boar population explode in recent years, since Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem halted the practice of allowing hunters to curtail the boar population.

Wild boars cross a road in a residential area after the government ordered residents to stay home to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haifa, northern Israel April 16, 2020.