Road accidents

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

The driver of the truck attempted to flee the scene of the incident, police said, but was pursued by backup police forces and arrested along with a passenger in the truck.

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.
 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

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

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.

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


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

Road accidents in Israel: chronic problems

Roads in Israel are tough.

Police and rescue forces investigate an explosive device which was attached to and blew up a car close to Or Yehuda.

Two children killed in Yom Kippur road accidents

An 8-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy were killed in road accidents on Wednesday during Yom Kippur, when cars traditionally remain off Israeli roads.

A boy rides his bike on the empty Ayalon highway on Yom Kippur

Four killed after minibus crashed into security gate by Modi'in

Paramedics and MDA volunteers arrived at the location and gave medical treatment to the 14 people injured. Four of the 14 died, one is in moderate condition and nine were lightly injured.

Minivan crashed, four people dead, nine injured, 2019.

Israeli car insurance discounted after installing Mobileye safety system

Recognizing that the advanced safety system, Mobileye, is saving lives and preventing car accidents, Israel now gives a discount to people who have installed the system.

The vehicle-dafety system by Mobileye

Parents receiving 1500 NIS for protecting children from accidents

Young people are involved in a large number of accidents. Parents can protect them with the vehicle-safety system, Mobileye.

TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

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

WATCH: IDF Safety Officer slams army for poorly maintained jeep

An IDF Safety Officer released a video on social media in which he presents a faulty wheel about to break off the jeep, moments before soldiers were meant to drive a long dessert road.

Israeli soldiers stands near a military jeep next to the border fence with the southern Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Nirim, Israel February 17, 2018.