Calling the last 48 hours “a dangerous time on our roadways,” Fairfax County police are asking both pedestrians and drivers to pay attention and follow the rules of the road.
The Fairfax County Police Department held a press conference this afternoon (Friday) at the intersection of Richmond Highway and Frye Road in Woodlawn in the wake of five fatal crashes that have occurred over the last two days. Four of them killed pedestrians, while a fifth ended in the death of a motorcyclist.
Four pedestrians have been killed in crashes on Fairfax County roads within the past two days, bringing the total death toll for 2026 up to 10.
Fairfax County police officers responded at around 3:38 a.m. today (Friday) to Little River Turnpike at Southland Avenue in Lincolnia after an adult man was struck by the driver of an eastbound 2018 Honda Civic.
A pedestrian has died after being struck by two different drivers on Richmond Highway early this morning (Thursday).
Police officers and Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department units were dispatched to Richmond Highway at Fort Hunt Road in Huntington at around 1:43 a.m. after one of the drivers reported to 911 that they “hit a pedestrian and then another car ran them over,” according to the police scanner.
Fairfax County police are searching for the driver behind a fatal pedestrian crash that occurred early yesterday (Tuesday) morning in Seven Corners.
Officers responded at around 1:22 a.m. to Arlington Blvd (Route 50) at Patrick Henry Drive after a caller reported that a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle and was lying in the roadway, according to scanner traffic.
For the second time this year, a pedestrian has died in a crash on the Fairfax County section of Richmond Highway (Route 1).
Police responded at 10:30 p.m. on Friday (April 3) to Richmond Highway’s intersection with Pohick Road and Backlick Road in Fort Belvoir after receiving a report of a crash involving a pedestrian.
Two years after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a sedan in Hybla Valley, the alleged driver is facing criminal charges.
An unnamed 16-year-old has been charged with manslaughter and hit-and-run — both felonies — for their role in the March 10, 2024, crash that killed 63-year-old James Johnson, the Fairfax County Police Department announced yesterday (Thursday).
Four people in Fairfax County were killed Saturday (March 14) between two crashes in Reston and Mount Vernon, according to police.
Among the deceased are three adults — including a 79-year-old man — and one juvenile, the Fairfax County Police Department said yesterday (Sunday).
A pedestrian struck by a driver on John Marr Drive in Annandale this weekend has died, police say.
Sun Hyo Kim, a 56-year-old woman from Annandale, was crossing John Marr Drive from south to north when the driver of a BMW struck her between Ravensworth Road and Backlick Road around 5:37 p.m. on Saturday (Feb. 28), according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
A pedestrian suffered critical injuries in a crash that occurred this evening (Friday) in the heart of downtown McLean.
Police and units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched around 6:10 p.m. to the intersection of Old Dominion Drive and Beverly Road for the crash, according to scanner traffic.
A drizzly, foggy evening served as the setting of another crash on Maple Avenue in Vienna that left a pedestrian critically injured.
The crash occurred around 8:10 p.m. on Saturday (Jan. 10) when a driver heading toward Tysons on Maple Avenue East struck the pedestrian near the Washington & Old Dominion (W&OD) Trail crossing, according to the Town of Vienna Police Department.
