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. 

|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.

|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.

|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.

|ByHODAYA RAN

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.

JANUARY 17, 2018ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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.

NOVEMBER 22, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

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.

NOVEMBER 15, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
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.

OCTOBER 4, 2017ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN
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.

AUGUST 14, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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.

AUGUST 9, 2017ByJACOB GOFF KLEIN
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.

JULY 22, 2017ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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

JANUARY 31, 2017ByADAM RASGON
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.

JANUARY 23, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
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.

JANUARY 22, 2017BySHARON UDASIN
Cars on a highway [illustrative]