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


Drunk driver kills father and daughter in head-on crash near Arad

In a second fatal traffic incident over the weekend, a pedestrian in his 20s was killed in Beit Shemesh, Rosenfeld said. An investigation of this event is also taking place, he added.

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Painted street dividers get failing grade

The lines are safety measures aimed at discouraging drivers from maneuvering their vehicles like go-carts in an amusement park.

The dividing lines on Pat Street are not visible.

Analysis: Despite rhetoric, Hamas is surprised by damage it is sustaining

The current conflict has barely given Hamas any “achievements,” and it is desperately trying to increase its attacks.

Hamas

The POSTman Knocks Twice: Of tears and laughter, cabbages and kings

Warning: If you believe in the divine right of kings, are a British Empire Loyalist, or an American in love with royalty – read further at your own peril.

Queen Elizabeth II (521)

Or Yarok: Children most prone to traffic injuries in Jerusalem

With 214 children injured in 2013, the number of children facing roadside harm last year was three times higher in Jerusalem than in Tel Aviv.

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Road Safety Authority: Critical to set regulations for use of electric bicycles

Regulations for electric bikes expired in 2011 and were not renewed, even as their popularity soared in Israel.

An electric bicycle.

Two killed in road accident on Highway 4

The two victims - a woman with car trouble and a taxi driver who stopped to help - were standing on the side of the road when they were hit by a passing car.

ZAKA volunteers at the scene of the crash, May 9, 2014.

One dead, 7 injured in collision north of Jericho

A man in his 50s and another passenger, in his 30s, were trapped in their overturned car following a head-on collision with a Palestinian vehicle.

The overturned car involved in the head-on collision on Highway 90.

Speed kills in Israel

Indeed, road deaths in Israel rose from 314 in 2009 to 352 in 2010, the year after Transportation Minister Israel Katz increased speed limits once before.

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