pedestrian safety

With pedestrians dying in traffic collisions at the highest level in 40 years, auto safety advocates say more must be done to address a gaping hole in vehicle collision avoidance technology – the inability of many automatic emergency braking systems to detect pedestrians at night.

The city has a new plan to protect pedestrians against crashes. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

D.C. lawmakers unanimously approved eliminating right turns on red lights at most intersections in the District, in a preliminary vote Tuesday. 

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the sentencing of a man who struck and killed a pedestrian in Alexandria.

A proposed D.C. Council bill would ban right turns on red lights for drivers at the majority of intersections in the District. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

Protesters shut down Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown D.C. on Thursday to demand safer streets after a series of cyclists and pedestrians were fatally struck by vehicles.

“We’re here because inaction from D.C. leaders has led to the deaths of 23 people just this year alone,” one person said into a megaphone. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on the protest from Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

Police are urging people to stay vigilant when nearing busy streets after two pedestrians in different areas of Northern Virginia were hit and killed within 48 hours of each other. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports on how Fairfax County police are investigating the separate incidents and rise in pedestrian fatalities.

To make our roads safer for autonomous vehicles, researchers need to solve a list of first-and-last-mile problems — issues that drivers face off highways, on smaller neighborhood roads crowded with parked vehicles and people. But what exactly are these first-and-last-mile problems? Watch the video to find out.

For the fifth consecutive year, more millennials died on American roads than any other age group. Roughly 42,915 people died in vehicle crashes or from crash injuries in 2021. That’s around 117 people every day; one traffic-related death every 15 minutes, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. One out of every five people killed is between 25 and…

Residents in the Lake Braddock area say more needs to be done to protect pedestrians at an intersection some say is dangerous. Darcy Spencer reports.

News4’s Aimee Cho reports on the urgent push from several Maryland lawmakers.

Several Maryland lawmakers say they are pushing for more money to make roads safer for pedestrians with the SAFE Roads Act, but they’re worried that they’re running out of time to get it.

Virginia’s governor has signed into law a ban on squatted trucks just weeks after a crash that left a man dead

Council members are working to put an end to an alarming number of pedestrian fatalities on local roads in Montgomery County.

A 9-year-old boy remains hospitalized in critical condition a week after a car struck him in Southeast D.C. outside his school. News4’s Pat Collins reports.

Two children, ages 6 and 3, were crossing a street in Northeast D.C. on Tuesday when a driver struck and injured them, police say. The 6-year-old girl and 3-year-old boy were walking in the crosswalk at 20th and Randolph streets NE about 8:15 a.m. when a car hit them, D.C. police said. The children went to a hospital with minor…

D.C.’s mayor and police chief announced new enforcement measures as part of the effort to reduce pedestrian injuries and deaths around schools. News4’s Mark Segraves explains what police will be doing.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Police Chief Robert Contee announced new enforcement measures around schools starting Monday in an effort to reduce pedestrian injuries and fatalities.

Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports on the arrest of a driver in a deadly crash involving a pedestrian.