Israel sorely lags behind in efforts to prevent road deaths, report says Traffic safety non-profit blames high motor vehicle fatality and serious injury rates on longstanding government neglect and debilitating budget cuts as country's traffic-related death toll rises to 186 in 2021 Ynet | Published: 07.04.21 , 11:03 Israel sorely lags behind in efforts to prevent road deaths compared to European countries, a European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) report published recently claims. With four fatalities over the weekend alone — including a one-and-a-half-year-old baby — the country's motor vehicle death toll has climbed to 186 in 2021. 3 צפייה בגלריה (Photo: United Hatzalah) According to the report, Israel is ranked 30th out of 32 countries reviewed in the prevention of traffic-related deaths between 2019 and 2020.