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

Coming soon: Your child will remind you to buckle up and not to text


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.

Stop the hoodlums hijacking our roads

This week, feminists blocked the Hashalom junction in Tel Aviv; those with disabilities the entrance to Ben-Gurion Airport; and an ultra-Orthodox faction the entrance to Jerusalem.

TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

Driver in accident that killed family of 8 charged with manslaughter

According to indictment Anrki was driving under influence of cannabis.

The vehicle that erupted in flames in a head-on collision in southern Israel near the Dead Sea October 30, 2018.

November 1st, 2018: Cars and bike dangers

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