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By Angela Woolsey Since it began collecting near-miss data for local roads in 2021, Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets has accumulated more evidence that such close calls between drivers and other travelers reflect patterns of behavior, rather than random or one-time slip-ups. More than 70% or 94 of the 129 near-misses reported by community members in Fairfax County and the cities of Fairfax and Falls Church between January 2025 and June of this year were marked as recurring incidents, according to an analysis released by the volunteer-led safety advocacy organization on Sept. 10. “The report finds that dangerous conditions for pedestrians and cyclists in Fairfax…

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By Dan Egitto A new analysis of over 100 “near miss” traffic incidents in Arlington zeroes in on disproportionate issues on a handful of busy roads and intersections. The report from Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets analyzed 136 incidents in Arlington where people said they were almost hit by vehicles. The data shows that “failure to yield” remains the most common risk factor, mentioned in 64% of the incidents, followed by vehicles speeding (35%) and running red lights or stop signs (29%). “These are identifiable, recurring risks concentrated on a small number of corridors — not random bad luck,” the report says. “That makes…

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by Lianna Golden FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (7News) — New concerns are being raised about safety along Richmond Highway in Fairfax County, where advocates say the busy corridor is becoming increasingly deadly and needs immediate action from local and state leaders. “We call these crashes. We don’t call them accidents because accidents infer it was unavoidable,” Mike Doyle, Executive Director of Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets, said. “Now, every one of these could have been avoided.” RELATED | FCPS declines to release full external investigation report on high school groping case Doyle, who founded the pedestrian safety group, is referring to the number of crashes from…

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By Angela WoolseyPublished May 28, 2026 at 3:05PM More than 60 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed or seriously injured in crashes on Richmond Highway over the past decade — and conditions appear to be worsening instead of improving, a new analysis says. Skimpy lighting and crossings, along with alcohol intoxication, appear to be driving factors behind the frequent serious crashes that occur in the approximately 14-mile corridor from the Alexandria border down to the Occoquan River south of Lorton, according to Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS). “The Richmond Highway corridor is a concentrated and consistent pedestrian safety crisis,” the volunteer-led advocacy group said. “These crashes…

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By Rossy Soto, Jasmin Dinh and Jeff Plungis In 2022, Justice High School junior Lesly Diaz-Bonilla was struck and killed as she was leaving the Barcroft View Apartments, on her way to school. Just four years earlier, in the same Fairfax County location, a mother and daughter were injured by a hit-and-run driver. Diaz-Bonilla’s death drew attention to a safety problem that continues to plague a 4-mile stretch of Columbia Pike between Bailey’s Crossroads and Annandale, where poor design and inattentive drivers often put pedestrians at risk. There are proven, low-cost countermeasures that could improve safety, but they haven’t been implemented, despite growing pressure from neighbors who live around…

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When: 10am Sunday, November 16thWhere: Gateway Park in Arlington NoVA FSS is hosting a Northern Virginia World Day of Remembrance (WDoR) for Road Traffic Victims event on Sunday November 16th to… NoVA FSS members, which include family members who have lost a loved one, crash survivors and many concerned citizens, will be joined by, among others, policy makers such as Arlington Board Chair Takis Karantonis, Delegate Partick Hope, Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire, a senior VDOT representative, and a severely injured crash survivor. We invite the community to help us: The event at Gateway Park will conclude early enough so that those interested can meet…

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By Zoe Ligairi September 30, 2025 GGWash worked with Youthcast Media Group to publish this story. Zoe Ligairi is a senior at Annandale High School, one of Youthcast’s journalism class partners. Mike Doyle was halfway across the street at the four-way intersection when he heard someone shout, “Look out!” Seconds later, he was sprawled on the ground, bloody and unable to see. He’d been hit by the driver of a black SUV on his way home from his office in Old Town Alexandria. The force was so great, his forehead dented the front of the car. The crash that almost killed him, in December 2012,…

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By Vernon Miles, FFXNow Published September 18, 2025 A new survey outlines areas where Fairfax pedestrians say they’ve had dangerously close encounters with cars. The Near Miss and Dangerous Locations Survey is developed by Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets based on survey data collected between January 2024 and July 2025. NoVa FSS has released similar surveys for other areas like Alexandria in an effort to raise awareness of streets where pedestrians face challenges. This is the second year NoVa FSS has made a report for Fairfax. … Read Full Article…