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


Family of eight from Psagot killed in head-on accident near Dead Sea

"It [was] hard to count the bodies in the back. It's a sight that [reminds me of] terror attacks in Jerusalem."

The Atar family who died in a deadly car crash by the dead sea on October 30, 2018.

Italy motorway bridge collapses in heavy rains, 'dozens' feared dead

An ambulance official told Reuters the service could only confirm two injured people so far, "but we suppose there are unfortunately a lot of dead."

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa August 14, 2018

Israel using shock tactics to reduce road death toll

Seeing the issue of road safety being brought to the forefront of the Israeli consciousness can only be good for the well-being of all the pedestrians and road users in this beautiful country.

A CAR wreck exhibition surrounded by police tape in Jerusalem’s Zion Square last week

Why the sudden surge in traffic accidents?

The surprising thing is that this is not unusual.

Car Accident 311

Calls mount for reining in Beduin camel owners after boy's death in crash

Camel accidents have taken the lives of fifteen people since 2008 and injured 350 others.

 Camels roam in an unrecognized Beduin village, as the southern Israeli city of Beersheba is seen in the background December 17, 2015.

Knesset putting off action on bill to prevent camel crashes

There have been hundreds of serious and even fatal injuries caused by camels since 2007.

A Bedouin rests with his camel in Zikim beach, on the Mediterranean coast near the southern city of Ashkelon, Israel. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Where are the traffic cops...when you need them?

Road safety commercials on the radio imply that most traffic accidents are caused by drivers who are too busy fiddling with their smartphones to pay attention to what’s happening on the road.


Poor roads and poor safety instruction blamed for spike in Arab traffic deaths

Arab drivers were involved in 34% of fatal car accidents in 2016, despite accounting for only 17% of license holders.

Tel Aviv traffic

Grumpy old man: Road rouge

The fact that traffic accidents kill more people than do wars and terrorist attacks combined. It’s time we faced up to that ugly truth.

TEL AVIV’S congested Ayalon Highway in 2014.

Only when someone famous...

Not so long ago, the pavement and the pedestrian mall were relatively safe places. Not any more.

WHERE WILL he ride it?