Fw: Ped crash @ Fairfax & Quincy

[Cynthia Palmer]

FYI in case anyone missed it -- two pedestrians were hurt by the driver of a pickup truck at N Fairfax Dr. and N Quincy St. near Ballston yesterday afternoon.

I ride and run through there often, and students from W&L cross at that intersection as well since it's just two blocks from the school. It's always a bit uncomfortable given the fast cars, the lack of a dedicated crossing time for unarmored road users, and the considerable distance from one side to the other.

See link, below. Thanks, Pam, for forwarding this info.

Be safe, everyone. Watch out tonight with all the drunk drivers on the roads. HNY.

c.

----- Forwarded Message -----

ARLNow story:

https://www.arlnow.com/2022/12/30/just-in-two-hurt-after-pedestrian-crash-near-ballston/?mc_cid=86b820f143&mc_eid=a9d68b8162

Look at the intersection design - and how you would recommend it be redesigned  into a l protected intersection.

Happy New Year - may we make progress towards achieving our Vision Zero goals.  So mote it be.  These crashes should not happen!

[Steve Offutt]

Hi all,

Looking at the photo, it appears this crash is the most common way pedestrians are struck, according to what ACPD officers have related to us at our meetings.

The driver of the truck was turning left from Quincy onto Fairfax. Once oncoming traffic cleared the intersection the driver turned left, and having not paid attention to the crosswalk, struck the pedestrians who were crossing with the light.

This happens a lot and is primarily a problem with drivers who fail to multi-task and forget about the parallel crosswalk on the other side.
I do not have an immediate solution to this problem, which exists at virtually every intersection, except for separate dedicated signals.

Steve O

--
~
Please make sure you intend to send your message to the WHOLE list before you simply hit reply & send. Thanks!
 
Ride safe, have fun. You are loved.
 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington BAC" group.
- To post to this group, send email to arling...@googlegroups.com
 
- For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/arlington-bac?hl=en
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arlington BAC" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to arlington-ba...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/arlington-bac/127180074.2819314.1672524310986%40mail.yahoo.com.

Virus-free.www.avg.com

[Eric Goldstein]

In addition to restricting left turns to dedicated phases, banning left turns is also a solution I'd like to see considered more.  LPI's also help reduce instances, but I'm guessing those are already in place at this intersection (does anyone know for sure?).

-Eric Goldstein

[Gillian Burgess]

And of course, the more practical alternatives people have to driving, the safer our streets will be. Every single serious crash on the VZ dashboard involved a car/truck/can/SUV, etc.

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/arlington-bac/c7dedfd6-7846-42a4-ad46-cf98f0af2d9en%40googlegroups.com.