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Heavy traffic on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 26, 2025, 10:49 am
European traffic safety watchdog suspends Israel due to ‘recent government actions’
Unclear whether suspension brought about by Israel’s traffic policies or war in Gaza; 2025 has been the deadliest year on Israeli roads in two decades
By ToI Staff
Medical personnel at the site where a bus overturned in southern Israel, March 9, 2025. (MDA)
March 9, 2025, 8:27 am
Senior police officer arrives at scene of bus crash, discovers teenage son was killed
Bus overturns on way to Beersheba from Tel Aviv, killing Liron Avitan, 17, and injuring 12 others; 436 people killed in traffic accidents in Israel last year
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance is seen at Tel Aviv's Hatikvah neighborhood, March 19, 2024. (Magen David Adom)
August 25, 2024, 3:10 am
10-year-old girl run over and killed in central Israel
Police say they have begun investigating deadly incident in Kiryat Ono; there has been an upward trend in traffic-related deaths in 2024
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a car accident at the Be'erotayim Junction in central Israel, August 11, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
July 4, 2023, 11:17 am
6-year-old girl dies after being hit by a car in northern Israel
Child critically injured after apparently falling out of her mother’s car, succumbs to wounds in hospital
By ToI Staff
An illustrative view of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, on January 26, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 15, 2022, 11:15 am
Woman struck and killed by truck in Ashdod
Driver detained for questioning after hitting pedestrian at intersection
By ToI Staff
The scene of a deadly crash near Kiryat Malachi on May 3, 2022. (Courtesy)
May 4, 2022, 5:53 pm
Truck driver in deadly wreck suspected of negligent homicide, recklessness — police
Court orders East Jerusalem man held in custody until Sunday over crash that killed parents of 21 kids combined; investigators still probing why truck overturned
By ToI Staff
The scene of a serious accident between a bus and two cars on Route 89 in the northern Galilee, September 29, 2021. (David Cohen/Flash90)
October 24, 2021, 4:37 pm
Traffic accidents soar in 2021, with almost 300 killed
Road Safety Authority head calls on ‘the government, local authorities, the police and all of us who use the roads’ to take responsibility for putting an end to such disasters
By Amy Spiro
Police at a temporary checkpoint in Jerusalem's Old City on December 28, 2020, during the a third national lockdown to contain the coronavirus. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 30, 2020, 11:40 pm
Virus lockdowns help cut Israel’s 2020 traffic deaths by 15%
Data from National Road Safety Authority shows 302 people died in road accidents over the year, 53 fewer than in 2019
By ToI Staff
The scene of a crash between a minibus and a truck at Qastina Junction near Kiryat Malachi on February 19, 2020. (Magen David Adom)
April 23, 2020, 6:12 pm
Car accidents on the decline as Israelis shelter at home
Traffic deaths down by more than 20% this year compared to same time last year; total accidents last month just 35% of those recorded in March 2019
By ToI Staff
Alexander Leibman, a bus driver involved in a deadly accident on Highway 40 near Ben Gurion Airport, is escorted by a prison guard as he arrives at a court hearing in Rishon Lezion on December 23, 2019. (Flash90)
March 12, 2020, 11:17 pm
Driver indicted over bus crash near Ben Gurion Airport that killed 4
Alexander Leibman charged with negligent homicide, after steering Egged bus into concrete bus stop on Route 40 in December
By ToI Staff
The scene of a traffic accident in southern Israel in which two people were killed on January 19, 2019 (Magen David Adom)
January 20, 2020, 1:10 am
2 killed in traffic accident in south, bringing toll from deadly weekend to 6
Couple in their 60s killed when their vehicle swerves and hits a barrier on the side of the road; police investigating cause of crash
By ToI Staff
The scene of a deadly crash near Kfar Sava on January 18, 2020. (Courtesy: MDA)
January 19, 2020, 3:25 am
Four killed in separate traffic accidents within a day
Woman dies in head-on collision near Kfar Saba; 2 killed in 2 crashes on Route 90; motorcyclist hit by car south of Tel Aviv
By ToI Staff
Rescue forces and police at the scene of a deadly collision between two cars on Route 443 near Giv'at Ze'ev on December 1, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 31, 2019, 11:28 am
2019 saw 10% rise in traffic accident deaths, official data shows
National Road Safety Authority chief laments insufficient budget to reduce crashes; leader of road safety group says ‘cutting funds and shirking responsibility costs lives’
By ToI Staff
Hayley (Sevitz) Varenberg, killed in a bus crash near Ben Gurion Airport on December 21, 2019. (Courtesy)
December 24, 2019, 1:21 pm
Israeli bus crash victims include Philadelphia teacher, South African immigrant
Driver in Sunday crash near Ben Gurion airport remanded for 4 days; deceased include Hayley Varenberg from Jerusalem and Berta Schwartz who was in Israel for her grandchild’s birth
By ToI Staff
Rescue forces at the scene of a deadly car accident on Route 40 near Ben Gurion International airport, December 22, 2019. (Flash90)
December 23, 2019, 10:12 am
Bus driver arrested over fatal crash near airport that killed 4
Police are investigating whether Egged driver was using a cellphone at the time of the deadly accident
By ToI Staff
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