Traffic accident

Traffic accident in Mexico kills nine, leaves at least 10 injured, including four Americans

Videos on social media from local media showed several vehicles burned on a highway connecting the cities of Guadalajara and Tepic.

|ByREUTERS, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Scene of the multi-vehicle accident in Mexico that left nine dead and 10 injured, July 13, 2026.
A Buddhist monk walks across a road while collecting alms in Bangkok early on April 28, 2026.

Eight monks killed in Thailand after eleven year old boy crashes pickup truck

The victims were part of a group of 34 Buddhist monks and five lay followers undertaking a pilgrimage from a temple in Mukdahan province to another in neighboring Ubon Ratchathani province.

|ByREUTERS
An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.

Operation Roaring Lion obscures Israel’s worsening traffic toll, road safety statistics

Excluding March, when Israelis were largely at home due to the war, 157 people were killed this year compared with 147 in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 7%. 

|ByUDI ETZION
A driver caught using their cellphone while driving during Israel Police’s enforcement campaign aimed at cracking down on traffic offenses across Israel.

Israel Police issue over 4,000 tickets in crackdown on dangerous, distracted driving

Drivers were captured on camera engaging in offenses such as distracted driving, using a cellphone while driving, and speeding, with many of the traffic infractions being repeat offenses.

|ByGOLDIE KATZ

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.

JANUARY 18, 2018ByBEN LYNFIELD
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

DECEMBER 17, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
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.

OCTOBER 29, 2017ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
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.

AUGUST 14, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
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.

AUGUST 14, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
WHERE WILL he ride it?

The danger of Israel's roads: Who is to blame?

After a decade of a steady decline in traffic fatalities, Israel has experienced a consistent rise for the past five years.

MAY 13, 2017ByDAVID BRINN
Tel Aviv traffic

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

Multiple deaths, 18 injured in major car crash in southern Israel

Among the injured one is in critical condition, one mild, and the rest lightly injured.

OCTOBER 30, 2016ByASHER WEBER
Traffic accident in South.

For the sin of...

As we intone the litany of sins we atone for in the Yom Kippur service, here are some modern-day transgressions that could be added to the list.

OCTOBER 11, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An Israeli boy rides his bike on an empty motorway during Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv

As High Holidays approach, police urge safety and caution among Israeli drivers

Traffic police have not issued any notice of special traffic preparations for the upcoming holidays, however, a spokesman told the 'Post' there would be a public notice in the coming days.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Dizengoff St. traffic