Traffic 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.
Security and rescue forces at the scene of a bus accident in central Tel Aviv, May 18, 2026.

'A national issue': Police to launch nationwide crackdown on dangerous drivers, road violations

 LIME PR

Electric scooter accidents, fatalities on the rise due to lack of enforcement

 MDA Ambulance

Police officer arrives at crash scene in southern Israel, discovers son was killed


Two killed in road accident on Highway 4

The two victims - a woman with car trouble and a taxi driver who stopped to help - were standing on the side of the road when they were hit by a passing car.

ZAKA volunteers at the scene of the crash, May 9, 2014.

One dead, 7 injured in collision north of Jericho

A man in his 50s and another passenger, in his 30s, were trapped in their overturned car following a head-on collision with a Palestinian vehicle.

The overturned car involved in the head-on collision on Highway 90.

Sale temps sur les routes israéliennes

Embouteillages, stationnements en double file, pollution, tels sont les problèmes urbains qui touchent, au niveau national, les Israéliens en voiture

The Jerusalem Post

Or Yarok: At least 1 in 10 drivers went through red light last year

In the past year-and-a-half, traffic cameras have reported 16,270 motorists crossing red lights illegally, data from Or Yarok said.

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