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.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

Over the past decade, approximately 2,472 people were injured in road accidents on Yom Kippur.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2026|ByUDI ETZION

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

The victim, David Ben Lulu from Jerusalem, had dual Israeli-French citizenship, and as such the Foreign Ministry had to coordinate between Vietnam and France in order to retrieve his remains.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2026|ByTZVI JASPER

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

Overnight Friday, a 48-year-old motorcyclist was killed while riding on Route 7 at the Sorek Interchange.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026|ByHODAYA RAN

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

FEBRUARY 10, 2019ByAVRAHAM GOLD

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.

DECEMBER 29, 2018ByHAGAY HACOHEN

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.

DECEMBER 13, 2018ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

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.

NOVEMBER 15, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE

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

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say

NOVEMBER 1, 2018ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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."

OCTOBER 30, 2018ByAVRAHAM GOLD

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."

AUGUST 14, 2018ByREUTERS

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.

MAY 12, 2018ByITTAY FLESCHER