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.

 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

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

 LIME PR

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


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

40-year-old killed riding bike near Kfar Shmaryahu

A new road to Jerusalem

What's shorter than a nano second? Answer - the Israeli drivers fuse at a traffic light!

The Jerusalem Post

Google's Waze to start carpooling pilot program in Israel

The new application, called RideWith, uses Waze's navigation system to learn the routes drivers most frequently take to work and match them up with people looking for a ride in the same direction.

Waze starts pilot program

Ministers approve bill fining traffic violators on electric bikes

Traffic violations will carry an NIS 300 fine.

Electric bike in Tel-Aviv

Driving with ‘wrong’ type of music can be dangerous, says BGU psychologist

"The car is the only place in the world you can die just because you’re listening to the wrong kind of music.”

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Security cameras catch fatal Negev crash

The traffic occurred when a passenger bus, which was empty went through a light and collided with a Jeep at the intersection.

Tragic car crash that killed 3 in the Negev‏.

Traffic-related fatalities on rise for second year in a row

Over the last 12 months alone, 345 people – including 129 pedestrians – have died in car accidents on Israeli roads.

Aerial picture of chain accident at Lehavim Junction in Negev

Grandmother of seven hit by bus; brain dead, her kidneys and liver taken for transplant

Deceased's wish to donate organs fulfilled by family; survived by seven grandchildren, with two more on the way.

Grandmother killed in Bus accident, donates organs

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

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