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


Eleven people killed in road accidents over the weekend in Israel

Among those killed this weekend were five Palestinians who died late Friday night in a collision between two cars on Road 60.

 A crashed car is seen after the deadly accident on Highway 4 on October 10, 2021.

Parents of 12-year-old killed while riding his bike speak publicly

His parents spoke about their reaction at the moment that they heard that their son had been killed, and shared stories about him, his personality, and his hobbies.

Israelis ride their bicycles along the empty Ayalon highway 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.

85-year-old killed in front of granddaughter in car accident in Afula

Security cameras documenting the scene showed the driver of the car clinging slowly to a bus in front of him and quickly moved into the other lane to try to overtake it.

Car accident on road number four.

Deadly weekend: Three dead in unconnected accidents across Israel

Two people have died after drowning at beaches in central and northern Israel, and a third is in serious condition. A man has died after a motorcycle accident near the dead sea.

AN MDA AMBULANCE at Dor Beach after a man drowned at the beach on Saturday afternoon, June 12 2021

Deadly night on Israel's roads: Five casualties across the country

Some 96 people have been killed in road accidents since the beginning of 2021, according to data published by the National Road Safety Authority.

The scene of a road accident near Beersheba, April 20, 2021.

United Hatzalah president attempts to resuscitate family after accident

Beer was travelling with his family for a vacation when he received a notification that there had been a car accident not far from his location.

Eli Beer

Man killed in car accident on Route 4

Two accidents took place on the road on Saturday night.

Car accident on road number four.

Police: Severe road accidents down by 9% in 2019, fatal ones up by 10%

Within the OECD, Israel is among the countries with the highest number of fatalities in road accidents relative to the number of vehicles.

Police Traffic Division.

More Israelis killed in traffic accidents in 2019 than during 2018

The National Road Safety Authority reported that 341 Israelis were killed on the roads of the country in 2019, a 10% increase when compared to 2018.

Car accident in the Negev at Lehavim Junction, February 3, 2014

Construction work to begin on new Jerusalem entrance road

Two tunnels will be built underneath the city's Har Nof and Yefe Nof neighborhoods, and the highway will include three interchanges at Motza, Nahal Revida and Bait Junction.

An illustration of a stretch of Route 16, a new entrance road to Jerusalem