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%.

JUNE 9, 2026|ByUDI ETZION

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

The driver of the truck attempted to flee the scene of the incident, police said, but was pursued by backup police forces and arrested along with a passenger in the truck.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

At the defense’s request, the court delayed the start of Pesler’s prison sentence until April 15 to give her time to appeal. She is required to report to Neve Tirza Prison by 9 a.m. that day.

FEBRUARY 23, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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

Additional reports pointed out that there were four other victims at the scene, two injured in moderate condition with injuries to the abdomen and limbs, and two injured in light condition.

FEBRUARY 9, 2026|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

WATCH: IDF Safety Officer slams army for poorly maintained jeep

An IDF Safety Officer released a video on social media in which he presents a faulty wheel about to break off the jeep, moments before soldiers were meant to drive a long dessert road.

DECEMBER 29, 2018ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Israeli soldiers stands near a military jeep next to the border fence with the southern Gaza Strip near Kibbutz Nirim, Israel February 17, 2018.

Stop the hoodlums hijacking our roads

This week, feminists blocked the Hashalom junction in Tel Aviv; those with disabilities the entrance to Ben-Gurion Airport; and an ultra-Orthodox faction the entrance to Jerusalem.

DECEMBER 13, 2018ByDAVID M. WEINBERG

TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

Driver in accident that killed family of 8 charged with manslaughter

According to indictment Anrki was driving under influence of cannabis.

NOVEMBER 15, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE

The vehicle that erupted in flames in a head-on collision in southern Israel near the Dead Sea October 30, 2018.

November 1st, 2018: Cars and bike dangers

Readers of the Jerusalem Post have their say

NOVEMBER 1, 2018ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Family of eight from Psagot killed in head-on accident near Dead Sea

"It [was] hard to count the bodies in the back. It's a sight that [reminds me of] terror attacks in Jerusalem."

OCTOBER 30, 2018ByAVRAHAM GOLD

The Atar family who died in a deadly car crash by the dead sea on October 30, 2018.

Italy motorway bridge collapses in heavy rains, 'dozens' feared dead

An ambulance official told Reuters the service could only confirm two injured people so far, "but we suppose there are unfortunately a lot of dead."

AUGUST 14, 2018ByREUTERS

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa August 14, 2018

Israel using shock tactics to reduce road death toll

Seeing the issue of road safety being brought to the forefront of the Israeli consciousness can only be good for the well-being of all the pedestrians and road users in this beautiful country.

MAY 12, 2018ByITTAY FLESCHER