Traffic accidents

Bus driver killed, dozens wounded in collision with tractor near Netivot

MDA pronounced the bus driver, a man of about 50, dead at the scene. Soroka Medical Center said two women hospitalized there were in serious condition with multiple injuries.

The scene of the bus crash on Route 25 near Netivot on Friday, October 30, 2026.
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

Emergency personnel at the scene of a road accident in which a vehicle overturned near the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem, September 4, 2026.

Deadly weekend on Israeli roads: At least two killed, six injured in crashes nationwide

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


Electric bikes and social responsibility

The death of prominent teen Avi Nesher makes lack of regulation hard to ignore.

ACCORDING TO Or Yarok, from 2014 to 2017, the number of accidents involving electric bicycles tripled.

Ministries play electric bike blame game

Katz says need for increased enforcement while Erdan calls for special licensing process.

Electric bicyclists use a bike path on Ibn Gvirol, Tel Aviv on Tuesday. A study by NGO Or Yarok  in 114 local councils found bike lanes in only 18% of the areas surveyed.

Visitors’ traffic accidents

The localities with the highest percentages of Jerusalem travelers are those adjacent to the city to the east, south and north.

Casualties in Traffic Accidents in Jerusalem, by Locality of Residence, 2008-2017

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

Court extends remand of suspect

car accident fatal370

You think traffic’s bad? You’re absolutely right!

IMF and OECD say Israel’s roads worst in Western world

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Beit Aryeh-Ofarim Regional Council head Avi Naim point to the missing two kilometers of road.

Jeep runs over, kills two-year-old pedestrian in Tel Aviv

Police investigating incident at the city’s port complex.

Police tape.

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.

 Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

Motorcycle Safety Gear Saves Lives

The Jerusalem Post

Grumpy old man: Road rouge

The fact that traffic accidents kill more people than do wars and terrorist attacks combined. It’s time we faced up to that ugly truth.

TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

Arab Israeli traffic fatalities increase 24% in 2016

4% increase in deaths for overall population, 74% of traffic fatalities are male.

Cars line a Jerusalem street