Crash Atlas · Arlington County · Data study
Every road death in Arlington County, 2018–2024
Seven years of fatal crashes in Arlington County, mapped by street, hour, and who died.
What the file says about Arlington
- 34 people were killed across 32 fatal crashes — 8% of all deaths in the five Northern Virginia jurisdictions. The worst single year was 2021 with 7.
- 11 of them were walking (32.4% of deaths here, against 36% region-wide and roughly 18% nationally). No cyclist deaths are recorded in this jurisdiction over the seven years.
- 45.5% of pedestrian deaths were after dark (5 of 11), and 5 of 11 happened away from an intersection. In 6 cases the report noted no crosswalk.
- Trucks are a small part of the picture here. 2 of the 34 deaths involved a medium or heavy truck. We publish the figure because we have it, not because it carries a trend at this scale.
- I-395 is the deadliest road in Arlington — 5 killed, 0 of them on foot.
Read these counts carefully
Arlington averages about 4.9 road deaths a year. At that scale a single bad year moves any percentage a long way, and a two-year-versus-two-year comparison is noise rather than a trend. The pooled three-year blocks below are the shortest window worth quoting: deaths 14 in 2018–20 against 13 in 2022–24, pedestrian deaths 7 against 3. Even those are small. If you cite a percentage from this page, cite the counts next to it.
The map
Every fatal crash in Arlington County that carries coordinates. Filter by who died, narrow the years, or show only crashes involving a truck. Dashed rings mark locations where more than one fatal crash happened within 150 m.
… / … fatal crashes
Circle size is the number of people killed in that crash. A dashed ring marks a location where two or more separate fatal crashes happened within 150 m of each other.
Year by year
The dark band is the share of each year's dead who were on foot. 2024 is preliminary.
| Year | Fatal crashes | Killed | Pedestrians | Cyclists | Truck-involved deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024* | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32 | 34 | 11 | 0 | 2 |
* FARS 2024 is preliminary and will revise.
Deadliest roads in Arlington
Roads that took two or more lives, 2018–2024. Route names come from the street names FARS records alongside each route number.
| Roadway | Fatal crashes | Killed | Pedestrians | Ped share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I-395 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| CR-6771 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| US-50 Arlington Blvd | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| I-66 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| SR-27 Washington Blvd | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| SHIRLINGTON CIR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| CR-6622 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
The 11 people killed walking
Crossing location and crosswalk presence come from the FARS pedestrian file, joined to the person record so only the people who died are counted.
Light condition
| Daylight | 6 | 55% |
| Dark, lighted | 3 | 27% |
| Dark, not lighted | 2 | 18% |
Was there a crosswalk?
| None noted | 6 | 55% |
| Yes | 5 | 45% |
Where on the road
| Not At Intersection | 5 | 45% |
| At Intersection | 4 | 36% |
| Intersection-Related | 2 | 18% |
Age of the person killed
| 0-17 | 0 | 0% |
| 18-34 | 1 | 9% |
| 35-54 | 2 | 18% |
| 55-69 | 4 | 36% |
| 70+ | 4 | 36% |
8 of the 11 whose age is recorded were 55 or older.
Places where it happened more than once
| Location | Fatal crashes | Killed | Pedestrians | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-50 ARLINGTON BLVD | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2019, 2021 |
The rest of the region
- Alexandria city 37 killed · 17 on foot
- Fairfax County 348 killed · 121 on foot
- Richmond Highway 29 killed · 19 on foot
- All of Northern Virginia 428 killed · the full study
Methodology
Source is the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) National
CSV downloads for 2018–2024, accessed 2026-08-30. Crashes are
selected on STATE = 51 and the FARS
COUNTY code 13, not on the
CITY code — Arlington County and most of Fairfax County
are unincorporated and file CITY as "not applicable",
so a city-keyed query returns nothing for them.
Population is the 2020 Decennial Census count
(238,643). Pedestrian and cyclist deaths come from the
person file on INJ_SEV = 4; crossing detail from the FARS
pedestrian file joined on (ST_CASE, VEH_NO, PER_NO) and
limited to those who died. FARS is fatal-only and will not show serious
injuries. The
full methodology is on the regional page.
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Download
The download covers all five Northern Virginia jurisdictions; filter on
the jurisdiction_slug column for
arlington.
- points.csv — one row per fatal crash.
- points.json — the same rows as JSON.
- jurisdictions.json — totals and year series.
- hotspots.json — repeat locations.
Licensed CC BY 4.0. FARS itself is US federal public-domain data.
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