Traffic accidents

Electric scooter accidents, fatalities on the rise due to lack of enforcement

Despite the alarming statistics, enforcement against traffic violations committed by scooter riders remains inconsistent and limited.

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Police officer arrives at crash scene in southern Israel, discovers son was killed

 UNITED HATZALAH conducts a first aid course. While our attention has understandably been focused on security and war-related concerns, we cannot forget that routine safety matters still demand our vigilance, the writer states.

New years resolution: Let's have a safer 2025 - opinion

LIVALL's smart helmet

The helmet that will report accidents automatically


COVID-19 multiplies traffic deaths, injuries from increased use of electric scooters, motorcycles

Public opts out of public transport due to coronavirus * Israel has ‘third-world transportation chaos’

Buses on a Public transport route in Jerusalem on March 16, 2020.

Personal injury compensation in the US: What you should know

Recovering after an injury is sometimes difficult and in cases where there is loss of life, no amount of money can ever replace a loved one.


Fewer accidents, fewer casualties

Warning systems installed in vehicles assist in the war against road accidents.

The vehicle-dafety system by Mobileye

Electric bikes and social responsibility

The death of prominent teen Avi Nesher makes lack of regulation hard to ignore.

ACCORDING TO Or Yarok, from 2014 to 2017, the number of accidents involving electric bicycles tripled.

Ministries play electric bike blame game

Katz says need for increased enforcement while Erdan calls for special licensing process.

Electric bicyclists use a bike path on Ibn Gvirol, Tel Aviv on Tuesday. A study by NGO Or Yarok  in 114 local councils found bike lanes in only 18% of the areas surveyed.

Visitors’ traffic accidents

The localities with the highest percentages of Jerusalem travelers are those adjacent to the city to the east, south and north.

Casualties in Traffic Accidents in Jerusalem, by Locality of Residence, 2008-2017

Teenager run over and killed in Tel Aviv; driver suspected of DUI

Court extends remand of suspect

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You think traffic’s bad? You’re absolutely right!

IMF and OECD say Israel’s roads worst in Western world

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan and Beit Aryeh-Ofarim Regional Council head Avi Naim point to the missing two kilometers of road.

Jeep runs over, kills two-year-old pedestrian in Tel Aviv

Police investigating incident at the city’s port complex.

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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.