‘Near miss’ incidents involving kids in Alexandria raise concerns about Hickory Street intersection
2026-01-09
By Katie Taranto Published January 8, 2026 at 10:30AM A new report on traffic safety in Northern Virginia is raising concerns about the number of “near miss” incidents in Alexandria, especially those involving children. A total of 155 near miss incidents involving children were reported in Alexandria from January 2024 to December 2025 — more than in any other Northern Virginia locality, according to the report from Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets (NoVA FSS). Of those incidents, 53 of them occurred at a single intersection in Potomac West. The two-year report aims to “[bring] awareness to the long-standing risks of street safety to children as reported by their parents”…