Traffic accident

Within two hours: Three bus crashes in southern Israel leave 37 injured, including IDF soldiers

Twenty-one people were injured near Mitzpe Ramon, 11 near the Nevatim junction, and another five near Ruhama.

Bus carrying IDF soldiers to base overturns near Mitzpe Ramon in southern Israel, February 26, 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

 MDA Ambulance

Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years

A bus overturns on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat, southern Israel, January 16, 2026.

At least 27 injured as bus overturns on Highway 6 near Kiryat Gat


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

8-year-old boy killed in South after being struck by school bus

Two killed outside Tel Aviv following head-on collision by Palestinian driving stolen car.

Israeli Police

New app to allow Tel Aviv carpoolers to expedite fast lane travel

Smartphone application to expedite entrance of carpoolers onto Road 1 fast lane to Tel Aviv, eliminating need to pass through burdensome checkpoints.

Tel Aviv traffic.

National Road Safety Authority: Bigger budget needed to reduce traffic fatalities

Authority's chairman stresses budget of NIS 550 million is critical to bolstering trend of decreased roadside fatalities.

TRAFFIC accident in Jerusalem generic 370

Center field: My 17-year-old just starting driving – YIKES!

On the parental worrywart scale, I think I usually score in the “mellow yellow” range. Still, last week, I entered the “white knuckle” zone.

Driving lesson

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.

Sale temps sur les routes israéliennes

Embouteillages, stationnements en double file, pollution, tels sont les problèmes quotidiens auxquels sont confrontés les automobilistes et les usagers d'autobus.

Ici à Tel Aviv Hashalom. Et si le Ministère des Transports  investissait dans le développement des trains et tramways ?

Half of young drivers speeding, talking on cell phones

Or Yarok: 38 young drivers killed in 2013, up from 18 in 2012; only 16% believe that not wearing a seatbelt is dangerous.

THE DANGER of texting and driving is well publicized; what is less known is that even when walking and using a smartphone, one can become oblivious to their surroundings.