Road accidents

Invisible costs of trauma and post-trauma: The economic plight Israel faces - opinion

National trauma is not a private matter; it spills into every sphere: our relationships, classrooms, clinics, and even the roads, and all of this carries a significant economic cost.

TRAFFIC IS HEAVY on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv earlier this month. 2024 ended with 439 road fatalities, an unusual jump in a year with less traffic, the writer notes.
Landslides triggered by heavy rain in Vietnam have killed at least six people and injured more than a dozen, disaster agency officials said on November 17, as the country's flood-hit central belt endured relentless precipitation.

Landslide kills 6 bus passengers in central Vietnam

 View of Ecuador with the Ecuadorian flag

Deadly bus crash in Ecuador's Simiatug leaves 12 dead, 10 injured

 Your child will remind you to buckle up and not to text

Coming soon: Your child will remind you to buckle up and not to text


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.

How is Israel one of the happiest and angriest countries?

How does one explain the huge gap between an intolerable existence full of tension in Israel of 2022 and the OECD’s ranking of Israel as one of the top ten happiest countries in the world?

 Traffic on the Ayalon Highway outside Tel Aviv.

3 Israeli teenagers killed, 2 others injured in car crash in Galilee

A preliminary investigation has indicated that the crash occurred because one of the cars made a U-turn on an unlit section of the road, ultimately colliding with another car.

 The sight of a car crash in Haifa, Israel, that injured two people, on January 13, 2023.

How can we cope with road rage?

In Israel during the past year, police report, road rage incidents have increased at an alarmingly high rate to almost 1,400 cases, compared to just over 1,100 in 2020.

 Police at the scene where a man killed after being stabbed during a road rage incident in Holon, on November 23, 2022

Deadly night on Israel's roads as three killed in collisions

The scene of a fatal car crash on Highway 90 which left four dead, May 28, 2022

Road rage and aggressive driving is an active threat to Israeli life - opinion

One of Israel's clear and present threats is the plight of aggressive drivers.

 THE FUNERAL of Yuri Volkov, stabbed to death during a road rage incident, takes place at a Holon cemetery last week.

Road rage: Why are Israelis taking their lives in their hands?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Road rage has turned into the scourge of the country and it will be hard to stop.

 THE FUNERAL of Yuri Volkov who was stabbed to death during a road rage incident in Holon last month

One dead, 12 injured in car accidents across Israel

One of the injured is a three-year-old child, who was hit by a car.

Car accident on road number four.

Why do Israeli drivers, pedestrians have right-of-way at the same time?

We challenge the new government to pass a law – in memory of the many casualties on Israel’s roads – to put a stop to the extremely dangerous “double green light” situation.

 Naomi Nathan