Road accidents

Invisible costs of trauma and post-trauma: The economic plight Israel faces - opinion

National trauma is not a private matter; it spills into every sphere: our relationships, classrooms, clinics, and even the roads, and all of this carries a significant economic cost.

TRAFFIC IS HEAVY on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv earlier this month. 2024 ended with 439 road fatalities, an unusual jump in a year with less traffic, the writer notes.
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam have killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen, disaster agency officials said on November 17, as the country's flood-hit central belt endured relentless precipitation.

Landslide kills 6 bus passengers in central Vietnam

 View of Ecuador with the Ecuadorian flag

Deadly bus crash in Ecuador's Simiatug leaves 12 dead, 10 injured

 Your child will remind you to buckle up and not to text

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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.

85-year-old killed in front of granddaughter in car accident in Afula

Security cameras documenting the scene showed the driver of the car clinging slowly to a bus in front of him and quickly moved into the other lane to try to overtake it.

Car accident on road number four.

Deadly weekend: Three dead in unconnected accidents across Israel

Two people have died after drowning at beaches in central and northern Israel, and a third is in serious condition. A man has died after a motorcycle accident near the dead sea.

AN MDA AMBULANCE at Dor Beach after a man drowned at the beach on Saturday afternoon, June 12 2021

Deadly night on Israel's roads: Five casualties across the country

Some 96 people have been killed in road accidents since the beginning of 2021, according to data published by the National Road Safety Authority.

The scene of a road accident near Beersheba, April 20, 2021.

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

Man killed in car accident on Route 4

Two accidents took place on the road on Saturday night.

Car accident on road number four.

Police: Severe road accidents down by 9% in 2019, fatal ones up by 10%

Within the OECD, Israel is among the countries with the highest number of fatalities in road accidents relative to the number of vehicles.

Police Traffic Division.

More Israelis killed in traffic accidents in 2019 than during 2018

The National Road Safety Authority reported that 341 Israelis were killed on the roads of the country in 2019, a 10% increase when compared to 2018.

Car accident in the Negev at Lehavim Junction, February 3, 2014

Construction work to begin on new Jerusalem entrance road

Two tunnels will be built underneath the city's Har Nof and Yefe Nof neighborhoods, and the highway will include three interchanges at Motza, Nahal Revida and Bait Junction.

An illustration of a stretch of Route 16, a new entrance road to Jerusalem

24-year-old killed in a possible hit-and-run in central Israel

It is unclear yet whether the man died after being hit by another vehicle or whether his wounds were sustained when his car went off-road.

The body of a 24-year-old lying on the road after a possible hit-and-run accident in central Israel