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


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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Family of eight from Psagot killed in head-on accident near Dead Sea

"It [was] hard to count the bodies in the back. It's a sight that [reminds me of] terror attacks in Jerusalem."

The Atar family who died in a deadly car crash by the dead sea on October 30, 2018.

Italy motorway bridge collapses in heavy rains, 'dozens' feared dead

An ambulance official told Reuters the service could only confirm two injured people so far, "but we suppose there are unfortunately a lot of dead."

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa August 14, 2018

Israel using shock tactics to reduce road death toll

Seeing the issue of road safety being brought to the forefront of the Israeli consciousness can only be good for the well-being of all the pedestrians and road users in this beautiful country.

A CAR wreck exhibition surrounded by police tape in Jerusalem’s Zion Square last week

Why the sudden surge in traffic accidents?

The surprising thing is that this is not unusual.

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Calls mount for reining in Beduin camel owners after boy's death in crash

Camel accidents have taken the lives of fifteen people since 2008 and injured 350 others.

 Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

Knesset putting off action on bill to prevent camel crashes

There have been hundreds of serious and even fatal injuries caused by camels since 2007.

A Bedouin rests with his camel in Zikim beach, on the Mediterranean coast near the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Where are the traffic cops...when you need them?

Road safety commercials on the radio imply that most traffic accidents are caused by drivers who are too busy fiddling with their smartphones to pay attention to what’s happening on the road.