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.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
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

None of the injured were evacuated for further medical treatment, according to the MDA paramedics, cited by Ynet.

|ByJAMES GENN
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

A man in his 50s was evacuated to Hadassah-University Medical Center in serious condition after he was hit by the Jerusalem light rail hear the Shuafat light rail station.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

Of those 450 victims, the highest number of people (32%) were driving their own vehicle, while pedestrians were also an important victim, representing 27% of the deaths.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

Jerusalem bus careens out of control: Mother, two daughters killed

The bus crashed into a bus stop on Jerusalem's Shamgar Street, hitting a number of pedestrians. At least three people were killed and several others injured.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

Two Israelis killed in road accident in England

A man in his 80s and a woman in her 30s were declared dead at the scene of a hit-and-run road accident in Ramsgate.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Driving a car with uninsured driver's license in Israel?

Israel has a foundation for people who are hurt in accidents that is meant to ensure compensation for bodily harm when there is no insurance to supply it.

AUGUST 11, 2022ByWALLA!
The scene of a road accident near Beersheba, April 20, 2021.

2 killed in deadly accidents around Jerusalem overnight

A bus driver lost control and swerved into two pedestrians, including a 70-year-old man who died of his injuries • Truck rams into a police cruiser and private vehicle, killing a 40-year-old man.

AUGUST 10, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The aftermath of a deadly bus crash in Jerusalem on August 10, 2022

US congresswoman Walorski, two staffers die in Indiana car crash

Walorski, 58, was mourned as an honorable public servant who strived to work across party lines to deliver for her constituents.

AUGUST 4, 2022ByREUTERS
Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) speaks as US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar testifies to the House Select Subcommittee on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, October 2, 2020.

In second car crash in 24 hours, three dead after collision in Kiryat Gat

The crash happened after a driver who had never had a driver's license flew over the lane divider and landed on another car.

JULY 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Scene of car crash on Highway 6, July 28, 2022

Bodies of two Israelis killed in car accident in Sinai arrive in Israel

Egyptian authorities refused to allow Israeli helicopters to land in Egypt to evacuate the injured.

JULY 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers and rescue forces waiting for the arrival of wounded Israeli tourists who were wounded at a car accident in Egypt, at the Taba Border crossing in Eilat, on July 28, 2022.

6-year-old dies in car crash mother claims was terror attack

Matan Zinman was pronounced dead after his family's car collided into a Palestinian woman's car.

JULY 27, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Police cruisers and an ambulance at the scene.

Suspected ramming leaves police volunteer dead, investigated as murder

Five suspects under investigation for suspected ramming which killed a police volunteer

JUNE 11, 2022ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Police investigate after four suspects drove through a sobriety checkpoint, killing volunteer police officer Amichay Carmeli.

18 buses burned at Central Bus Station in Safed

City residents reported that loud explosions were heard while others woke up in fear that it was a missile attack.

JUNE 11, 2022ByGADI ZAIG
Eight buses catch fire in Kiryat Shmona, May 29, 2022.