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


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

November 5, 2015: Virtually silent

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

Envelope

Speed kills

"Over the past few years there has been a gradual rise in the number of road deaths in Israel."

Scene of car accident in Jerusalem, April 15 , 2015

November 4: A real fox

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

Envelope

NGO: One person killed every day on roads

Or Yarok released the data on the occasion of National Road Safety Day, which occurs on Tuesday.

Traffic on the Ayalon Freeway is backed up as police seal off Hashalom interchange‏ in Tel Aviv

City Notes: Kinneret’s Shikmim Beach becomes disabled-friendly

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin at The Jazz Festival in Eilat

What's shorter than a nano second? Answer - the Israeli drivers fuse at a traffic light!

The Jerusalem Post

Driving with ‘wrong’ type of music can be dangerous, says BGU psychologist

"The car is the only place in the world you can die just because you’re listening to the wrong kind of music.”

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Psychology: Car accident therapy

Steps to avoid accidents and set a good example for children and teens while driving.

Car accident