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


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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.

Traffic on the Ayalon Freeway is backed up as police seal off Hashalom interchange‏ in Tel Aviv

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Immigration and Absorption Minister Ze’ev Elkin at The Jazz Festival in Eilat

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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.”

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Psychology: Car accident therapy

Steps to avoid accidents and set a good example for children and teens while driving.

Car accident

Traffic-related fatalities on rise for second year in a row

Over the last 12 months alone, 345 people – including 129 pedestrians – have died in car accidents on Israeli roads.

Aerial picture of chain accident at Lehavim Junction in Negev

Grandmother of seven hit by bus; brain dead, her kidneys and liver taken for transplant

Deceased's wish to donate organs fulfilled by family; survived by seven grandchildren, with two more on the way.

Grandmother killed in Bus accident, donates organs

Drunk driver kills father and daughter in head-on crash near Arad

In a second fatal traffic incident over the weekend, a pedestrian in his 20s was killed in Beit Shemesh, Rosenfeld said. An investigation of this event is also taking place, he added.

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Painted street dividers get failing grade

The lines are safety measures aimed at discouraging drivers from maneuvering their vehicles like go-carts in an amusement park.

The dividing lines on Pat Street are not visible.