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


Poor roads and poor safety instruction blamed for spike in Arab traffic deaths

Arab drivers were involved in 34% of fatal car accidents in 2016, despite accounting for only 17% of license holders.

Tel Aviv traffic

Grumpy old man: Road rouge

The fact that traffic accidents kill more people than do wars and terrorist attacks combined. It’s time we faced up to that ugly truth.

TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

Only when someone famous...

Not so long ago, the pavement and the pedestrian mall were relatively safe places. Not any more.

WHERE WILL he ride it?

Netanyahu cuts ribbon on new road linking Beit Shemesh to Jerusalem

NIS 800 mill upgraded Route 38 to cut travel time and increase road safety.

Israel's Transportation Minister and Prime Minister Netanyahu cut the ribbon on new road.

July 23, 2017: House of God

Israel has many centers and ceremonies dedicated to the memory of those who fought and died in the campaigns for our survival.

Letters

Palestinian family’s account of helping Ma’aleh Levona crash victims

A Palestinian family’s harrowing account of helping the Ma’aleh Levona crash victims

THE AL-AZZEH FAMILY stands yesterday near the ledge where the bus fell in Lubban Sharkiya, south of Nablus. From left: Mahdi al-Azzeh Samih al-Azzeh, Samir al-Azzeh and Jamal al-Azzeh

4 killed in northern Israel car crash; 4 seriously injured

Victims are reportedly still trapped inside at least one of the vehicles.

Fatal car accident near Karmiel

Government approves NIS 250m. plan to promote smart transportation

Central to the program will be research conducted together with the Council for Higher Education.

Cars on a highway [illustrative]

Mutual responsibility

When laboratory rats are crowded together, they become more aggressive and attack each other all the more. This is similar to the situation on Israel’s roads.

Letters

At least 6 killed in highway 1 collision between bus and tractor trailer

Deputy Commissioner Yaron Be’eri, the commander of the National Traffic Police said that a special investigative team has been launched to determine what exactly took place.

Bus accident on Highway 1 on February 14, 2016