Road accidents

Some 18 injured in eight-car pileup on Highway 6 in central Israel, halting traffic

Approximately 18 people were injured in the crash, of whom 10 were transported to the Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera. 

Israel Police officers respond to a car crash on Highway 6, September 29, 2026.
The empty streets 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, October 2, 2025.

Over 250 people injured in Yom Kippur road accidents in 2025, road safety group warns

Hundreds of motorcyclists seen driving in traffic in Hanoi, Vietnam. October 02, 2013.

French-Israeli killed in Vietnam motorcycle accident, ZAKA working to retrieve remains for burial

Emergency personnel at the scene of a road accident in which a vehicle overturned near the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, September 4, 2026.

Deadly weekend on Israeli roads: At least two killed, six injured in crashes nationwide


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

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.