Car Crash

Stolen vehicle overturns on Route 60 after penetrating police roadblock, halting traffic

Officers fired upon the vehicle as it drove through the roadblock. Following the crash, the driver was extracted from the vehicle and received medical treatment.

A stolen vehicle overturned and caught fire on Route 60 south of Jerusalem after the driver drove through a police roadblock, October 9, 2026.
Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded on Peretz Street in Rishon Lezion on July 03, 2022.

Car crashes into residential building in Hadera, driver lightly injured, ramming attempt ruled out

Traffic accident between two minibusses and a car on South Africa's N1 Highway, September 14, 2026.

At least 21 killed, four seriously injured in crash between two minibuses, car in South Africa

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

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


Infant killed, several others injured in Israeli car crash

A one-year-old child was killed in the car crash on Israel's Highway 40. Six others were hospitalized, two of whom are in serious condition.

 The scene of a serious car crash on Highway 40 in Israel's South that resulted in multiple casualties, on April 26, 2023.

Israeli mother of 11 killed in Ashdod car crash

MDA emergency services reported that they received a call on their 101 hotline about a woman who trapped under a vehicle, unconscious. 

 Police and rescue forces at the scene where a woman killed after being hit by car in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, April 16, 2023.

Israeli beats disabled man with his own crutch after hitting his car

The 21-year-old Israeli resident of Bat Yam can be seen beating a man with his own crutch and leaving him lying on the street as cars continued to drive past.

A road-rage attack on a disabled Israeli man is shown in this footage taken on April 2, 2023

Three Palestinian children killed in Shuafat, Jerusalem car crash

The children, aged 3, 4 and 8, were severely injured in a car crash in Shuafat and their deaths were confirmed a short time later. 

 SMOKE RISES from the Shuafat refugee camp on Sunday.

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6 killed, including 2 toddlers, in car crashes across Israel

Another three people were injured, two of them seriously, and were evacuated to hospitals for treatment.

 The aftermath of the accident at Urim Junction on Highway 234.

19-year-old American seminary student killed in Jerusalem car accident

The driver seriously injured while a passenger was also killed. * The US seminary student was Adira Koffsky of New York, studying at Midreshet Amudim.

MDA ambulance (illustrative)

How locusts can help us prevent car crashes

Locusts and flies can teach us how to reduce the number of vehicle crashes through obstacle-avoiding neural circuits.

 An ultra-low power collision detector, based on insects such as the locust seen here, can detect potential crashes, even in the dark.

One killed, 25 injured as heavy fog causes deadly morning on Israel's roads

Multiple car crashes occured on Highway 31 alone, as one woman was killed and at least 25 people were injured across Israel on Sunday morning.

 Traffic accident near Nevatim junction on January 22, 2023.

3 Israeli teenagers killed, 2 others injured in car crash in Galilee

A preliminary investigation has indicated that the crash occurred because one of the cars made a U-turn on an unlit section of the road, ultimately colliding with another car.

 The sight of a car crash in Haifa, Israel, that injured two people, on January 13, 2023.