HaBonim disaster

The crash happened near Moshav HaBonim, killing 22 people (19 students, a teacher, the bus driver, and a parent chaperone), and injuring 17.

A committee led by Judge Ezra Kama recommended clearer signage at train crossings and installation of barriers.

Two weeks after the disaster, Yitzhak Peretz, a government minister from the Shas party, linked the train accident to Sabbath violation in Petah Tikva and invalid mezuzot at the school.

In 2006, in the wake of crashes at Revadim[6] and Beit Yehoshua train crossings, Israel Railways accelerated its plan to minimize train-road interactions.

With train traffic having increased substantially since the days of the accident, and with the anticipated future four-tracking of the coastal railway, the construction of a grade-separated rail crossing located 700m north of the site began in early 2021 and was completed in September 2022.