Car accident

Two separate vehicle accidents across Israel leave at least one dead, 14 injured

One person died and seven others were injured in a crash in northern Israel, and seven others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on Highway 4.

 Magen David Adom teams at the scene of the car accident on Route 4 near the Holon Interchange. March 28, 2025.
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

United Hatzalah responded to a call after a man in his 50s was hit by the Jerusalem light rail in east Jerusalem on January 13, 2026.

Jerusalem man hit by light rail driver in training as storm causes widespread traffic accidents

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


Jewish baby, stroller rammed by car - Montreal police allegedly slow to act

Security footage showed the car appear to slow down, before gaining speed and slamming into the baby carriage.

Montreal Police patrol car

One dead, dozens injured in bus crash near Brandeis U

The crash occurred only a half mile from campus, sending shockwaves through the Brandeis community. 

Brandeis University sign

Why do Israeli drivers, pedestrians have right-of-way at the same time?

We challenge the new government to pass a law – in memory of the many casualties on Israel’s roads – to put a stop to the extremely dangerous “double green light” situation.

 Naomi Nathan

10-year-old killed in fatal car accident in central Jerusalem

A young boy was hit by a concrete mixer at the corner of Sha'arei Yisrael street and Malchei Yisrael street.

 Scene of traffic accident in Jerusalem, October 26, 2022

One killed, one in serious condition after being struck by car near Tamra

Two pedestrians, a man in his 30s and a man in his 20s, were hit by a vehicle near the northern city of Tamra.

MDA ambulance (illustrative)

IDF soldier charged with causing car accident that killed Palestinian

A soldier in the ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion has been accused of causing a deadly accident while driving a vehicle that had been confiscated.

Orthodox infantry soldiers of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion pray in the field

Letters to the Editor August 17, 2022: Keep your hands to yourself

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

19 people were killed on the roads this week, the carnage must end - editorial

Waze will only help you reach your destination if you keep your eyes on the road.

 Police and rescue personnel at the scene of where a bus lost control and plowed into a store in central Jerusalem, killing at least two people. August 11, 2022.

Road fatalities rise to 18 in a week with two deaths on Saturday

Rami Abu Alqian and Liron Barmi were killed in two separate incidents on Saturday in a particularly deadly week on Israel's roads.

 A 14-year-old pedestrian, Liron Barmi from shderot, who was fatally injured after being struck by a vehicle on Friday night in Petah Tikva

Victims of Jerusalem bus accident laid to rest

"It's a terrible loss. God sometimes takes a rose to atone for a generation," said the deputy mayor of Ofakim, Rabbi Avraham Deutsch.

The funeral of the victims killed yesterday a bus lost control and plowed into a bus station in central Jerusalem on August 12, 2022.