Traffic accident

One killed, one seriously injured in latest among series of fatal road accidents in Israel

The fatal collision near Rechasim came amid a series of serious road accidents across Israel in recent days.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

United Hatzalah volunteers respond to a car accident on Highway 762 near Rechasim on Sunday.

The (10) Garage 59 McLaren 720S GT3 Evo of Antare Au of Hong Kong, Tom Fleming of Great Britain and Marvin Kirchhofer of Germany leads the field at the start during the World Endurance Championship 6 Hours of Imola at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on April 19, 2026 in Imola, Italy.

Rival driver stops during China GT race to pull crashed racer from burning Ferrari

"I am still alive tonight, entirely thanks to one man," Millroy posted on Instagram, describing how Hartog abandoned his own car and rushed to help before emergency crews arrived.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2026|ByREUTERS

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

Overnight Friday, a 48-year-old motorcyclist was killed while riding on Route 7 at the Sorek Interchange.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2026|ByHODAYA RAN

A Finnish flag flies over the City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, February 10, 2024.

Missing Israeli found dead on side of road in Finland after disappearing during solo cycling trip

The exact circumstances of his death are still under investigation, but the initial assessment is that he was struck by a vehicle while cycling.

AUGUST 17, 2026|ByYOAV ETIEL

Sixty-six people have been killed in traffic accidents since January 1

40-year-old killed riding bike near Kfar Shmaryahu

MARCH 14, 2016ByMICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN

Grumpy Old Man: On a road to nowhere

Speed kills. So do poor training, lax enforcement, lenient sentences and officials who spin their wheels when it comes to traffic safety.

FEBRUARY 25, 2016ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN

Court upholds driver’s sentence in deadly 2008 bus accident

Supreme Court rejects appeals against an 8-year jail term for driver Edward Gelfand for accident in which 24 Russian travel agents were killed when a tour bus drove off a cliff on the way to Eilat.

FEBRUARY 18, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Supreme Court rejects appeal of bus driver's sentence for killing 24

Edward Gelfand was found guilty of manslaughter by the Beersheba District Court in September 2013.

FEBRUARY 17, 2016ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Airport workers carry one of 24 coffins of Russian tour operators, killed in a bus crash north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat, into a Russian airplane at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv December 18, 2008.

Speed factor

On Sunday it was a bus driver’s recklessness that resulted in the death of six and the injury of a dozen.

FEBRUARY 15, 2016ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Bus accident on Highway 1 on February 14, 2016

Bus driver suspected of tampering with investigation of fatal crash

The police suspect the driver removed the bus’s tachograph – which records the vehicle’s speed- between the time of the accident and when he was arrested.

FEBRUARY 15, 2016ByBEN HARTMAN, LAHAV HARKOV

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.

FEBRUARY 14, 2016ByBEN HARTMAN, MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN