Car Crash

Miri Regev's unfulfilled promises: Eight transportation reforms that never happened

Deaths on Israel’s roads are at a 20-year high, Europe’s road safety council has suspended Israel, and the national plan Transport Minister Regev hailed as ‘dramatic’ is still unfunded.

|ByUDI ETZION
Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 massacre, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026
MDA at the scene of a minibus accident, October 22, 2026.

Nine injured, including one seriously, in minibus accident near Beit Shemesh

A man in his 30s was seriously injured, while an 18-year-old sustained moderate injuries to multiple parts of his body. Seven other passengers sustained light injuries.

|BySHIR PERETS
Emergency personnel respond to bus crash on Highway 91 in which one person was killed and and dozens more were injured on October 14, 2026.

One killed, 19 injured in bus-truck collision on Route 91 in northern Israel

Firefighters extricated a person who had been trapped inside the bus and was pronounced dead at the scene by Magen David Adom (MDA) personnel.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A stolen vehicle overturned and caught fire on Route 60 south of Jerusalem after the driver drove through a police roadblock, October 9, 2026.

Stolen vehicle overturns on Route 60 after penetrating police roadblock, halting traffic

Officers fired upon the vehicle as it drove through the roadblock. Following the crash, the driver was extracted from the vehicle and received medical treatment.

|ByAARON GLICK

Man arrested after killing 7 pedestrians with car in Brownsville, Texas

A number of people were injured in the crash as well but there were no immediate further details.

MAY 7, 2023ByREUTERS
An officer with the Allen Police Department man the mobile command post the day after a gunman shot multiple people at the Dallas-area Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, US May 7, 2023.

Israeli child killed in truck hit and run as wave of violence continues

A 25-year-old resident of northern Israel was detained for questioning following the accident as he is suspected of having driven the truck in question. 

MAY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call on Highway 4 near Yavne where a truck was on fire on May 4, 2023.

Illinois dust storm blinds drivers, 6 die in chain-reaction crashes

More than 30 people were transported to area hospitals with injuries, ranging from minor to life-threatening, and the patients ranged in age from 2- to 80-years-old.

MAY 2, 2023ByREUTERS
A view of vehicles in a dust storm, which cut visibility to near zero and triggered a series of chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles, on a highway in Springfield, Illinois, U.S. May 1, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media.

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.

APRIL 26, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The scene of a serious car crash on Highway 40 in Israel's South that resulted in multiple casualties, on April 26, 2023.

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. 

APRIL 16, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

Israeli beats disabled man with his own crutch after hitting his car

The 21-year-old Israeli resident of Bat Yam can be seen beating a man with his own crutch and leaving him lying on the street as cars continued to drive past.

APRIL 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A road-rage attack on a disabled Israeli man is shown in this footage taken on April 2, 2023

Three Palestinian children killed in Shuafat, Jerusalem car crash

The children, aged 3, 4 and 8, were severely injured in a car crash in Shuafat and their deaths were confirmed a short time later. 

MARCH 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
SMOKE RISES from the Shuafat refugee camp on Sunday.

This week in Jerusalem: Tshuva has an answer

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

FEBRUARY 25, 2023ByPEGGY CIDOR
THE PIT’HAT Kidron Park in Wadi Joz.

6 killed, including 2 toddlers, in car crashes across Israel

Another three people were injured, two of them seriously, and were evacuated to hospitals for treatment.

FEBRUARY 20, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The aftermath of the accident at Urim Junction on Highway 234.

19-year-old American seminary student killed in Jerusalem car accident

The driver seriously injured while a passenger was also killed. * The US seminary student was Adira Koffsky of New York, studying at Midreshet Amudim.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
MDA ambulance (illustrative)