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

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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


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."

The Atar family who died in a deadly car crash by the dead sea on October 30, 2018.

Parents and baby killed in accident between bus and car near Dead Sea

Some 13 passengers on bus, as well as driver, lightly injured.

A parent and her child were killed in a car accident near the Dead Sea

Thousands mourn teenager Ari Nesher, who was killed in a hit and run

Nesher, the son of leading Israeli director, Avi Nesher, was eulogized by family and friends in a ceremony filled with music and joyful memories of his tragically short life.

Iris and Avi Nesher with their son Ari at the opening evening of the film festival in Haifa where Avi Nesher's new film "Another Story" was screened

Israel Railways hopes Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train to open soon

The high-speed train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem made its first test run in January 2018.

Transportation Minister Israel Katz stands next to the electric locomotive that hauled test train on January 15, 2018

Teenager run over and killed in Tel Aviv; driver suspected of DUI

Court extends remand of suspect

car accident fatal370

Calls mount for reining in Beduin camel owners after boy's death in crash

Camel accidents have taken the lives of fifteen people since 2008 and injured 350 others.

 Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

The road not taken

Despite having been modernized, stretched and multiplied, Israel’s highways are increasingly clogged, begging a public transportation overhaul that might take decades to mature

Cars come to a standstill as the light rail passes outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City

Israeli research shows connection between work environment, traffic accidents

A new study sheds light on the great influence a stressful work environment can have on increasing traffic accidents.

Tel Aviv traffic.

Pedestrian bridge collapses on Highway 4, one dead

A truck driver's vehicle was struck by debris when the pedestrian bridge collapsed.

An image from the Monday night pedestrian bridge collapse on Highway 4, between Givat Shmuel and Bnei Brak.

Only when someone famous...

Not so long ago, the pavement and the pedestrian mall were relatively safe places. Not any more.

WHERE WILL he ride it?