Road accidents

Operation Roaring Lion obscures Israel’s worsening traffic toll, road safety statistics

Excluding March, when Israelis were largely at home due to the war, 157 people were killed this year compared with 147 in the same period last year, an increase of nearly 7%. 

 An illustrative image of slow-moving traffic on Israel's Ayalon Highway.
Israel Police and Magen David Adom respond to a road incident in which one police officer was injured near Tapuah junction in the West Bank on February 23, 2026.

Palestinian crashes truck into police vehicle in West Bank, police officer injured

 Members of the Ethiopian community and activists block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest for justice to 4-year-old Rafael Adana, who was run over and killed in a car accident in Netanya, in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2023

Court sentences driver in Rafael Edna hit-and-run case to one year in prison, bans her from driving

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Death of five-year-old marks seventh dead child in road accidents in 2026, 252 in five years


Invisible costs of trauma and post-trauma: The economic plight Israel faces - opinion

National trauma is not a private matter; it spills into every sphere: our relationships, classrooms, clinics, and even the roads, and all of this carries a significant economic cost.

TRAFFIC IS HEAVY on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv earlier this month. 2024 ended with 439 road fatalities, an unusual jump in a year with less traffic, the writer notes.

Landslide kills 6 bus passengers in central Vietnam

The bus carrying 32 people was en route from Da Lat to Nha Trang when the incident happened, online newspaper VnExpress reported.

Landslides triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam have killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen, disaster agency officials said on November 17, as the country's flood-hit central belt endured relentless precipitation.

Deadly bus crash in Ecuador's Simiatug leaves 12 dead, 10 injured

The bus was driving an inter-provincial route between that cities of Simiatug and Ambato, the attorney general's office said.

 View of Ecuador with the Ecuadorian flag

Coming soon: Your child will remind you to buckle up and not to text

A NIS 2.5 million donation from the importer of Renault, Nissan, Chery, and XPeng will fund an Or Yarok program training elementary students to serve as "Child Escorts."

 Your child will remind you to buckle up and not to text

How can technology save cyclists' lives on Israeli roads?

Israeli roads have become increasingly dangerous in recent years. The danger is not only for vehicle users but also for cyclists riding alongside them. Here’s how to ensure your safety on the road.

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Is this the product that will protect cyclists and e-scooter riders?

Autotalks launches a new V2X product series designed to protect cyclists and e-scooter riders from traffic accidents.

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Autotalks launches new V2X product line

New technology to protect cyclists and e-scooter riders from road accidents. The TEKTON3-BIKE chipset simplifies V2X integration, reducing development time and costs.


Silent but perilous: Pedestrians more likely to be hit by hybrid or electric cars

Pedestrians may be twice as likely to be hit by an electric or a hybrid car as those powered by petrol or diesel, wrote Phil Edwards, Siobhan Moore, and Craig Higgins of the London School of Hygiene.

 A Peugeot 3008 plug-in hybrid electric vehicle of the car rental company OK Mobility, is parked at a street, as it charges with a cable connected to a domestic plug inside a tourist apartment, in Ronda, Spain, May 2, 2024.

Israelis are getting guns. Non-terror-related homicides could rise, say experts

In the past month alone, 18,000 guns have been purchased.

 The driver and passenger of the Ford pounce on the driver of the red Nissan, who immediately pulls out a weapon

Bus with children aboard overturned near Beit Shemesh, several injured

Shaare Zedek Medical Center confirmed the admittance of eight injured children in the trauma room.

 Scenes of the overturned bus near Beit Shemesh, September 27, 2023