Traffic accident

Five people injured in three-way car accident on Highway 508 in West Bank

Paramedics on the scene provided treatment to the victims, including three who had been seriously injured.

 MDA ambulances in the south of Israel
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

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


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

Seven killed, 200 wounded in Amtrak wreck that was moving at twice speed limit

brakes managed to only slightly slow the train from 106 mph to 102 mph in the few seconds before the locomotive and all seven passenger cars derailed.

Emergency workers and Amtrak personnel inspect a derailed Amtrak train in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania