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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.

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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


Lockdown’s silver lining – road accidents plummet

In Jerusalem, the drop in road casualties in March and April was -42% and -54%, respectively.

A car crash in Nayot, Jerusalem, October 2017

Roads closed due to heavy rains across Israel

Route 31 from Arad to the Dead Sea Road was closed off following the collapse of part of a mountain on the road near the end of the descent to the Dead Sea.

Boulders block the road near the end of the descent to the Dead Sea.

Jerusalem expects snow on Tuesday, mayor warns drivers to use caution

Three people died on Sunday night, Monday in what appear to be weather-related traffic accidents.

Monday morning's accident that claimed the life of a 65-year-old man in Tel Aviv

Ben-Gurion Airport bus crash driver: I don’t remember what happened

“I was not tired, I was not on the phone – it was in my pocket,”Egged bus driver Alexander Liebman said in a brief and inconclusive statement during his testimony on Monday.

Bus overturns on Sunday December 22, two of the four crash victims were named as Yosef Kahlani, Hayley Sevitz Varenberg

2 killed, 5 injured in fatal car accident in Ramat Gan

"When we arrived at the scene with a large number of forces, we saw the commercial vehicle that was trapped under the back part of the truck," said Magen David Adom paramedic Simcha Simandoiv.

Deadly car accident in Ramat Gan, Dec. 22, 2019

Drunk driver seriously injures family crossing street in southern Israel

"He was driving in a zig-zag and it looked like something wasn't right. I didn't even turn my head and he hit the family. He got there so quickly. I don't think he even slowed down."

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Two killed, 41 injured, after bus overturns on Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway

The bus was photographed on its side, punctured by the highway's guard rail outside of Modi'in

The overturned bus, February 10th, 2019

Traffic police issue near 2,000 tickets for cell phone use while driving

Police have been cracking down on use of mobile devices while driving to increase safety and reduce the number of casualties and accidents on Israel’s roads.

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Family of eight from Psagot killed in head-on accident near Dead Sea

"It [was] hard to count the bodies in the back. It's a sight that [reminds me of] terror attacks in Jerusalem."

The Atar family who died in a deadly car crash by the dead sea on October 30, 2018.

Parents and baby killed in accident between bus and car near Dead Sea

Some 13 passengers on bus, as well as driver, lightly injured.

A parent and her child were killed in a car accident near the Dead Sea