Traffic accident

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

The accident involved three different buses, police confirmed shortly after it occurred. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YANIR YAGNA
United Hatzalah paramedics respond to a multi-bus crash in Ashkelon on August 4, 2026.
A vehicle is seen engulfed in flames on Highway 1 near the Shoresh Interchange on August 3, 2026.

Traffic briefly halted on Highway 1 as vehicle goes up in flames amid record-breaking heatwave

Emergency responders, including the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority, arrived on the scene shortly after it began. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Scene of the multi-vehicle accident in Mexico that left nine dead and 10 injured, July 13, 2026.

Traffic accident in Mexico kills nine, leaves at least 10 injured, including four Americans

Videos on social media from local media showed several vehicles burned on a highway connecting the cities of Guadalajara and Tepic.

|ByREUTERS, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM
A Buddhist monk walks across a road while collecting alms in Bangkok early on April 28, 2026.

Eight monks killed in Thailand after eleven year old boy crashes pickup truck

The victims were part of a group of 34 Buddhist monks and five lay followers undertaking a pilgrimage from a temple in Mukdahan province to another in neighboring Ubon Ratchathani province.

|ByREUTERS

Israel Railways hopes Jerusalem-Tel Aviv train to open soon

The high-speed train from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem made its first test run in January 2018.

AUGUST 12, 2018ByYVETTE J. DEANE
Transportation Minister Israel Katz stands next to the electric locomotive that hauled test train on January 15, 2018

Teenager run over and killed in Tel Aviv; driver suspected of DUI

Court extends remand of suspect

JULY 29, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
car accident fatal370

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.

The road not taken

Despite having been modernized, stretched and multiplied, Israel’s highways are increasingly clogged, begging a public transportation overhaul that might take decades to mature

DECEMBER 17, 2017ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
Cars come to a standstill as the light rail passes outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City

Israeli research shows connection between work environment, traffic accidents

A new study sheds light on the great influence a stressful work environment can have on increasing traffic accidents.

OCTOBER 29, 2017ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Tel Aviv traffic.

Pedestrian bridge collapses on Highway 4, one dead

A truck driver's vehicle was struck by debris when the pedestrian bridge collapsed.

AUGUST 14, 2017ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
An image from the Monday night pedestrian bridge collapse on Highway 4, between Givat Shmuel and Bnei Brak.

Only when someone famous...

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

AUGUST 14, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
WHERE WILL he ride it?

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

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

JANUARY 31, 2017ByADAM RASGON
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

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.