Road accidents

Five killed, several injured in various deadly car crashes across Israel over weekend

Among the injured are a 60-year-old man in serious condition with a head injury and 5 additional injured people in minor condition. 

Four-way pile-up car accident on Highway 2 near Atlit on August 30, 2026.
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

 MDA ambulances in the south of Israel

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

United Hatzalah paramedics respond to a multi-bus crash in Ashkelon on August 4, 2026.

Elderly woman killed, two other women seriously injured in Ashkelon multi-bus crash


Only when someone famous...

Not so long ago, the pavement and the pedestrian mall were relatively safe places. Not any more.

WHERE WILL he ride it?

Netanyahu cuts ribbon on new road linking Beit Shemesh to Jerusalem

NIS 800 mill upgraded Route 38 to cut travel time and increase road safety.

Israel's Transportation Minister and Prime Minister Netanyahu cut the ribbon on new road.

July 23, 2017: House of God

Israel has many centers and ceremonies dedicated to the memory of those who fought and died in the campaigns for our survival.

Letters

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

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

4 killed in northern Israel car crash; 4 seriously injured

Victims are reportedly still trapped inside at least one of the vehicles.

Fatal car accident near Karmiel

Government approves NIS 250m. plan to promote smart transportation

Central to the program will be research conducted together with the Council for Higher Education.

Cars on a highway [illustrative]

Mutual responsibility

When laboratory rats are crowded together, they become more aggressive and attack each other all the more. This is similar to the situation on Israel’s roads.

Letters

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.

Bus accident on Highway 1 on February 14, 2016

November 5, 2015: Virtually silent

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

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Speed kills

"Over the past few years there has been a gradual rise in the number of road deaths in Israel."

Scene of car accident in Jerusalem, April 15 , 2015