Car accident

Miri Regev's unfulfilled promises: Eight transportation reforms that never happened

Deaths on Israel’s roads are at a 20-year high, Europe’s road safety council has suspended Israel, and the national plan Transport Minister Regev hailed as ‘dramatic’ is still unfunded.

OCTOBER 25, 2026|ByUDI ETZION

Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 massacre, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026

MDA at the scene of a minibus accident, October 22, 2026.

Nine injured, including one seriously, in minibus accident near Beit Shemesh

A man in his 30s was seriously injured, while an 18-year-old sustained moderate injuries to multiple parts of his body. Seven other passengers sustained light injuries.

OCTOBER 22, 2026|BySHIR PERETS

Police attend the scene where a vehicle drove through a soccer game at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas, US, October 17, 2026 in a still image from video.

Two dead, including child, after vehicle plows through youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas

"We know what happened, but now we're working very hard to find out why it happened, and we're not there yet," Wichita police Chief Joe Sullivan said.

OCTOBER 18, 2026|ByREUTERS

Emergency personnel respond to bus crash on Highway 91 in which one person was killed and and dozens more were injured on October 14, 2026.

One killed, 19 injured in bus-truck collision on Route 91 in northern Israel

Firefighters extricated a person who had been trapped inside the bus and was pronounced dead at the scene by Magen David Adom (MDA) personnel.

OCTOBER 14, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

3 dead, 15 injured in car crashes across Israel on Saturday

Two people died and fourteen people were injured in two car crashes that occurred in the span of one hour on Saturday evening.

MAY 27, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The scene of a car crash near Lido junction, May 27, 2023.

Israeli child killed in truck hit and run as wave of violence continues

A 25-year-old resident of northern Israel was detained for questioning following the accident as he is suspected of having driven the truck in question.

MAY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israel Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call on Highway 4 near Yavne where a truck was on fire on May 4, 2023.

Infant killed, several others injured in Israeli car crash

A one-year-old child was killed in the car crash on Israel's Highway 40. Six others were hospitalized, two of whom are in serious condition.

APRIL 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The scene of a serious car crash on Highway 40 in Israel's South that resulted in multiple casualties, on April 26, 2023.

Drunk driver who killed boy on Yom Kippur given 10 years prison

The boy was set to celebrate his Bar Mitzvah two months before he was killed.

APRIL 24, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

The aftermath of the accident at Urim Junction on Highway 234.

Israeli mother of 11 killed in Ashdod car crash

MDA emergency services reported that they received a call on their 101 hotline about a woman who trapped under a vehicle, unconscious.

APRIL 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Police and rescue forces at the scene where a woman killed after being hit by car in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, April 16, 2023.

Grapevine: Road reminders

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 15, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

LGBT flag on Jerusalem's King George Street, July 31, 2018

One Israeli killed, 33 injured in South Korea bus accident

The bus driver attributed the accident to a mechanical issue in the bus, according to Army Radio.

APRIL 13, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Emergency service workers place a body, recovered from the capsized passenger ship Sewol, into an ambulance at the port in Jindo April 22, 2014.

Miracles are just the norm in Israel - opinion

Addressing a popular secular Israeli society that was skeptical of calling events miraculous, David Ben-Gurion said, “A Jew who does not believe in miracles is not a realist."

APRIL 2, 2023ByURI PILICHOWSKI