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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

The accident involved three different buses, police confirmed shortly after it occurred. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, YANIR YAGNA
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

Emergency responders, including the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority, arrived on the scene shortly after it began. 

|ByMAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
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

Videos on social media from local media showed several vehicles burned on a highway connecting the cities of Guadalajara and Tepic.

|ByREUTERS, MIRIAM SELA-EITAM

Did you ever wonder why traffic lights are red, orange, and green?

Unveiling the reason behind the choice of colors for traffic signals.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByWALLA!
The first electric traffic lights were introduced in 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Motorcyclist killed in hit-and-run incident in Lod

A suspect, a resident of Lod in his thirties who reportedly committed the hit-and-run, was arrested after he turned himself in to the police the following morning.

JULY 29, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A police car at night

Israeli bus slides into ditch near Glilot, at least 20 injured

Documentation of the damage the bus took shows that the bus ended up upside down with extensive damage done to its right side.

JULY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The bus that overturned on Highway 5, injuring 20 on July 4, 2023.

Ten Israelis injured in traffic accidents Thursday night

There were six traffic accidents all over the country resulting in varying levels of injury on Thursday night and early Friday morning.

JUNE 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Car accident

Motorcyclist, 60, killed after being struck by car fleeing from police

A 60-year-old motorcyclist was killed this evening by being hit by a suspect vehicle that fled from police in Holon. MDA pronounced him dead at the scene.

JUNE 1, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a fatal motorcycle accident in Holon

Sabotage causes freight train to derail in Russia region close to Ukraine

Operator Russian Railways earlier said around 20 wagons had come off the track due to "unauthorised interference". Snezhetskaya is just to the southeast of Bryansk.

MAY 2, 2023ByREUTERS
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Grapevine: Emek oops

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 10, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israel Postal Company mailbox

Women involved in just one-tenth of fatal road accidents - CBS

Israeli data shows that women constitute just 11% of victims in fatal road accidents.

MARCH 9, 2023ByMOSHE COHEN/MAARIV
According to the recently-published Central Bureau of Statistics Social Survey for 2019, among Jewish residents of Israel ages 20 and older, about half (49%) think there is sufficient parking in the area where they live

Nearly 20 people injured in car accidents in Israel, West Bank on Friday

The accidents occurred in Nabi Ilyas, Arad and Beit Hagai and have resulted in around twenty injuries.

MARCH 4, 2023ByGADI ZAIG
A crashed car is seen after the deadly accident on Highway 4 on October 10, 2021.

Cousin of BLM co-founder killed with taser by LA police forces

Keenan Anderson was a 10th-grade English teacher and a father of a six-year-old son.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers in a car (illustrative).