Road accidents

Operation Roaring Lion obscures Israel’s worsening traffic toll, road safety statistics

Excluding March, when Israelis were largely at home due to the war, 157 people were killed this year compared with 147 in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 7%. 

 An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.
Israel Police and Magen David Adom respond to a road incident in which one police officer was injured near Tapuah junction in the West Bank on February 23, 2026.

Palestinian crashes truck into police vehicle in West Bank, police officer injured

 Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

 MDA Ambulance

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


Road rage and aggressive driving is an active threat to Israeli life - opinion

One of Israel's clear and present threats is the plight of aggressive drivers.

 THE FUNERAL of Yuri Volkov, stabbed to death during a road rage incident, takes place at a Holon cemetery last week.

Road rage: Why are Israelis taking their lives in their hands?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Road rage has turned into the scourge of the country and it will be hard to stop.

 THE FUNERAL of Yuri Volkov who was stabbed to death during a road rage incident in Holon last month

One dead, 12 injured in car accidents across Israel

One of the injured is a three-year-old child, who was hit by a car.

Car accident on road number four.

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

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)

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.

Letters to the Editor August 15, 2022: Strong connections

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

 Letters

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

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.

British police officers stand watch at crime scene

Four dead in fatal car accident in Israel's south

A 65-year-old man, a 40-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy were all killed in a car accident on Highway 90 on Saturday afternoon.

The scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 90 which left four dead, May 28, 2022