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


Ministers approve bill fining traffic violators on electric bikes

Traffic violations will carry an NIS 300 fine.

Electric bike in Tel-Aviv

Driving with ‘wrong’ type of music can be dangerous, says BGU psychologist

"The car is the only place in the world you can die just because you’re listening to the wrong kind of music.”

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Security cameras catch fatal Negev crash

The traffic occurred when a passenger bus, which was empty went through a light and collided with a Jeep at the intersection.

Tragic car crash that killed 3 in the Negev‏.

Traffic-related fatalities on rise for second year in a row

Over the last 12 months alone, 345 people – including 129 pedestrians – have died in car accidents on Israeli roads.

Aerial picture of chain accident at Lehavim Junction in Negev

Grandmother of seven hit by bus; brain dead, her kidneys and liver taken for transplant

Deceased's wish to donate organs fulfilled by family; survived by seven grandchildren, with two more on the way.

Grandmother killed in Bus accident, donates organs

Drunk driver kills father and daughter in head-on crash near Arad

In a second fatal traffic incident over the weekend, a pedestrian in his 20s was killed in Beit Shemesh, Rosenfeld said. An investigation of this event is also taking place, he added.

The scene of a traffic accident on Road 31 near Arad

Center field: My 17-year-old just starting driving – YIKES!

On the parental worrywart scale, I think I usually score in the “mellow yellow” range. Still, last week, I entered the “white knuckle” zone.

Driving lesson

Olim to face less bureaucracy when converting foreign drivers’ licenses

Knesset receives confirmation that Transportation Ministry has officially approved new regulations in first week of May.

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Two killed in road accident on Highway 4

The two victims - a woman with car trouble and a taxi driver who stopped to help - were standing on the side of the road when they were hit by a passing car.

ZAKA volunteers at the scene of the crash, May 9, 2014.

One dead, 7 injured in collision north of Jericho

A man in his 50s and another passenger, in his 30s, were trapped in their overturned car following a head-on collision with a Palestinian vehicle.

The overturned car involved in the head-on collision on Highway 90.