Traffic accident

Missing Israeli found dead on side of road in Finland after disappearing during solo cycling trip

The exact circumstances of his death are still under investigation, but the initial assessment is that he was struck by a vehicle while cycling.

A Finnish flag flies over the City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, February 10, 2024.
 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

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


Supreme Court rejects appeal of bus driver's sentence for killing 24

Edward Gelfand was found guilty of manslaughter by the Beersheba District Court in September 2013.

Airport workers carry one of 24 coffins of Russian tour operators, killed in a bus crash north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat, into a Russian airplane at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv December 18, 2008.

Speed factor

On Sunday it was a bus driver’s recklessness that resulted in the death of six and the injury of a dozen.

Bus accident on Highway 1 on February 14, 2016

Bus driver suspected of tampering with investigation of fatal crash

The police suspect the driver removed the bus’s tachograph – which records the vehicle’s speed- between the time of the accident and when he was arrested.

Bus accident on Highway 1 on February 14, 2016

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

The near miss

The Jerusalem Post

WATCH: Israeli firefighters rescue child hanging upside down from bridge

10-year-old boy saved after his father's truck rolls over and lands on a bridge at the roadside at Somech Junction in the North.

Child rescued after hanging from overturned truck

November 5, 2015: Virtually silent

Readers respond to the latest Jerusalem Post articles.

Envelope

Israel Police recommend new regulations on electric bikes, after uptick in injuries

Proposed rules include requirement that drivers obtain license, and legal age of 16 for vehicle operation.

Electric bike in Tel-Aviv

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.

Israel traffic police arrest motorist driving 229 kilometers per hour

The driver, 24, a resident of the town of Oranit, was arrested after failing a breathalyzer test.

Speed gun showing 229 kilometers per hour on a Tel Aviv highway