Traffic accidents

Five people injured in three-way car accident on Highway 508 in West Bank

Paramedics on the scene provided treatment to the victims, including three who had been seriously injured.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
MDA ambulances in the south of Israel
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
Security and rescue forces at the scene of a bus accident in central Tel Aviv, May 18, 2026.

'A national issue': Police to launch nationwide crackdown on dangerous drivers, road violations

The plan includes bolstering police presence on the roads, stepping up enforcement, and expanding intelligence and operational efforts to catch drivers responsible for serious offenses.

|ByALON HACHMON
LIME PR

Electric scooter accidents, fatalities on the rise due to lack of enforcement

Despite the alarming statistics, enforcement against traffic violations committed by scooter riders remains inconsistent and limited.

|ByALON HACHMON, MOSHE COHEN

You think traffic’s bad? You’re absolutely right!

IMF and OECD say Israel’s roads worst in Western world

MARCH 15, 2018ByMAX SCHINDLER
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Beit Aryeh-Ofarim Regional Council head Avi Naim point to the missing two kilometers of road.

Jeep runs over, kills two-year-old pedestrian in Tel Aviv

Police investigating incident at the city’s port complex.

FEBRUARY 4, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Police tape.

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.

Motorcycle Safety Gear Saves Lives

DECEMBER 4, 2017ByDR CATHERINE L WHITE
The Jerusalem Post

Grumpy old man: Road rouge

The fact that traffic accidents kill more people than do wars and terrorist attacks combined. It’s time we faced up to that ugly truth.

OCTOBER 4, 2017ByLAWRENCE RIFKIN
TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

Arab Israeli traffic fatalities increase 24% in 2016

4% increase in deaths for overall population, 74% of traffic fatalities are male.

MAY 28, 2017ByELIYAHU KAMISHER
Cars line a Jerusalem street

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

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.

Life as Theater

JULY 19, 2016ByCAROLINE IGRA
The Jerusalem Post

Barriers to beauty and comfort

While the reason was valid – to protect the public from terrorist acts such as car rammings – the thinking was faulty.

JULY 3, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Barriers at a bus stop on Keren Hayesod Street