Road accidents

Miri Regev's unfulfilled promises: Eight transportation reforms that never happened

Deaths on Israel’s roads are at a 20-year high, Europe’s road safety council has suspended Israel, and the national plan Transport Minister Regev hailed as ‘dramatic’ is still unfunded.

|ByUDI ETZION
Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 massacre, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026
Israel Police officers respond to a car crash on Highway 6, September 29, 2026.

Some 18 injured in eight-car pileup on Highway 6 in central Israel, halting traffic

Approximately 18 people were injured in the crash, of whom 10 were transported to the Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving, October 2, 2025.

Over 250 people injured in Yom Kippur road accidents in 2025, road safety group warns

Over the past decade, approximately 2,472 people were injured in road accidents on Yom Kippur.

|ByUDI ETZION
Hundreds of motorcyclists seen driving in traffic in Hanoi, Vietnam. October 02, 2013.

French-Israeli killed in Vietnam motorcycle accident, ZAKA working to retrieve remains for burial

The victim, David Ben Lulu from Jerusalem, had dual Israeli-French citizenship, and as such the Foreign Ministry had to coordinate between Vietnam and France in order to retrieve his remains.

|ByTZVI JASPER

Government approves NIS 250m. plan to promote smart transportation

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

JANUARY 22, 2017BySHARON UDASIN
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.

AUGUST 28, 2016ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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.

FEBRUARY 14, 2016ByBEN HARTMAN, MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN
Bus accident on Highway 1 on February 14, 2016

November 5, 2015: Virtually silent

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

NOVEMBER 4, 2015ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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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."

NOVEMBER 3, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Scene of car accident in Jerusalem, April 15 , 2015

November 4: A real fox

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

NOVEMBER 3, 2015ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Envelope

NGO: One person killed every day on roads

Or Yarok released the data on the occasion of National Road Safety Day, which occurs on Tuesday.

NOVEMBER 3, 2015BySHARON UDASIN
Traffic on the Ayalon Freeway is backed up as police seal off Hashalom interchange‏ in Tel Aviv

City Notes: Kinneret’s Shikmim Beach becomes disabled-friendly

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015ByCOMPILEDTAMARA ZIEVE
Immigration and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin at The Jazz Festival in Eilat

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

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015ByPHILIP BARNEA
The Jerusalem Post

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.”

JUNE 23, 2015ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad