Car accident

Some music 'Hits Different': Harvard study shows link between music and fatal car accidents in US

The researchers examined 10 prominent albums released in the United States between 2017 and 2022, including Taylor Swift's Midnights, Harry Styles's Harry's House, and Drake's Certified Lover Boy.

Automatic parking. The car will do it for you
This aerial view shows the 25 de Marco popular shopping street in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 16, 2025

At least 23 dead after bus-truck head-on collision in Brazil's Parana

Screenshot from video of bus fire on Highway 1 between Jerusalem and Ma’aleh Adumim, August 17, 2026.

Firefighters extinguish bus fire on Highway 1 between Jerusalem, Ma’aleh Adumim

A Finnish flag flies over the City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, February 10, 2024.

Missing Israeli found dead on side of road in Finland after disappearing during solo cycling trip


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.

 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. 

 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. 

 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.

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. 

 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."

 YOUTH DEMONSTRATE near the Knesset, last month. The flag reads: ‘For the unity: Youth march together.’ Don’t bet against Israel, it’s been counted out many times, and always bounced back strongly, says the writer.

Bus slides off road near Haifa, passengers lightly injured

MDA and United Hatzalah paramedics provided medical care at the scene. 

Bus slides off road near Haifa on March 22, 2023.

In first, Ed. Minister visits family of deceased schoolchildren in Shuafat

The children, aged three, four and eight, died after getting hit by a car on their way to school.

 People crossing to the Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem on October 9, 2022.

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.

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

Is driving in Israel like GTA or bumper cars? - opinion

I had been driving and flying since I was 15. I actually had my first drive on a highway on the way home from my first solo flight. So, let’s just say I was quite comfortable operating large vehicles

 CHILDREN RIDE on bumper cars at Superland in Rishon Lezion. Is this the Israeli driving experience?