By Dan Egitto
A new analysis of incidents where people were nearly hit with a vehicle finds that “failure to yield” is the No. 1 risk factor in Arlington.
The study by Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets, a pedestrian safety advocacy group, found that roughly 70% of responses listed this issue as the top cause of “near misses,” followed by speeding and obstructed bike lanes.
Since 2019, the organization has collected 379 reports on near miss incidents in Arlington, according to a report released this week. They are most heavily concentrated on the following streets …