 Since 2022, alcohol has been a factor in 75% of fatal injury crashes in Arlington. Alcohol impairs a person's ability to think, delays responses, and reduces coordination—all skills we need to safely operate a vehicle.
This holiday season, see how you can stop drunk driving and save lives.
The new 2026-2028 High Injury Network (HIN) is live on the Vision Zero website. The Vision Zero HIN identifies streets within the county that have relatively high rates of injury and fatal crashes. The HIN designation elevates awareness and action on these roadways. HIN corridors are updated every three years. The 2026-2028 HIN was developed using fatal, severe, and visible injury crash data from 2022-2025. View the 2026 HIN identification methodology to learn more.
The 2026-2028 HIN covers 51% of injury crashes, 54% of pedestrian crashes, and 46% of bike crashes on just 6.6% of roadways.
Arlington prioritizes projects on the High Injury Network by:
- Conducting in-person safety audits on each corridor to address immediate and long-term safety needs.
- Applying the HIN designation as scoring criterion when evaluating locations for improvement
- Implementing corridor-wide systemic improvements.
- Providing documented support for safety improvements on HIN corridors when collaborating on projects with other entities.
Visit the HIN page on the Vision Zero website for more information and updates.
Join county staff and community representatives on Wednesday, January 28th from 7:00pm to 8:30 pm for the virtual Vision Zero External Stakeholders Group (ESG) meeting. This is the second of three ESG meetings for the Action Plan Update Process.
The agenda will (1) share what we heard during a public engagement effort hosted in October 2025 and (2) gather input and feedback on a set of draft action items for the plan update. Please join us for the discussion and bring your ideas to help Arlington reach zero by 2030.
For more information and the meeting link view the event page here.
 Below are updates regarding other ongoing construction and installations:
Pilot Safety Projects:
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Tactical Speed Humps:
- Campbell Elementary: 7th Rd S- Installed
- Tuckahoe Elementary: N Trinidad St -Installed
- Washington-Liberty High: 15th St N -Installed
- Nottingham ES: N Ohio St - Installed
- Randolph Elementary: 16th St S - Installed
- Discovery Elementary/Williamsburg Middle: N Kensington St - In Progress
- Arlington Science Focus Elementary: N Lincoln St - In Progress
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Leading Through Intervals:
- Washington Blvd & 10th St N - Installed
- Wilson Blvd & N Lynn St - Coming Early 2026
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Speed Management Pilot Safety Project
- S Courthouse Rd, 5th St S to 8th St S – Installed
- 10th St N, Arlington Blvd to Washington Blvd- Installed
- Washington Blvd, Arlington Blvd Ramp to N Pershing Dr- Upcoming
- S Hayes St, Army Navy Dr to 15th St S- Upcoming
- S Walter Reed Dr, S Pollard St to S Wakefield St - Upcoming
- S George Mason Dr, 4th St S to Columbia Pike- Upcoming
- N Meade St, Fairfax Dr to 14th St N - Upcoming
High-Injury Network Safety Audits:
- Army Navy Dr -Audit completed earlier this month, pending documentation
- N Quincy St – Walk completed in September, pending documentation
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2nd St S – July 2025
Quick-Build Safety Projects:
Capital-Driven Safety Project Updates:
- Arlington is making safety improvements to the intersection of South Carlin Springs Road and 5th Road South. Take 60 seconds and watch this video for a project update.
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Military Road Roundabout Project Update- The intersection of Military Road and Nelly Custis Dr. is reopened to vehicle traffic. In this next phase of the project, utility companies will remove their old wires, poles, and equipment, and switching services to the new underground facilities built at the start of construction. After utility work is complete, roundabout construction will resume. Please obey all "No Thru Traffic" and other signs, for the safety of yourself and others. To learn more, visit the project page.
Early snow and wintry mix in December are heralding the arrival of winter across the region. County staff have conducted annual equipment checks, driver trainings, and interdepartmental staff briefings to ensure that we are ready for storms and maintaining essential safety operations.
As part of these winter preparations, you may have noticed the addition of flex posts on top of the tactical speed humps around the county. These flex posts will help to alert snowplow operators to the presences of a speed hump under the snow, prompting them to slow down and reducing potential damage during the snowy months.
 Along with these preparations, expect a second winter of public-supplied, cleverly named snowplows that will appear on Arlington’s online Snow Activity Map, which is activated when snow accumulation reaches 2 inches or more and provides updates on the progress of snow plows and salt trucks in almost real-time.
View the County’s press release for more information about winter preparedness and ways you can help.
Visit the Vision Zero Safety Projects page to learn more about safety-driven quick build projects, capital projects, pilot projects, High-Injury Network safety audits, and more.
Also, check out our Crash Data Dashboard that shows crash data over the last 10 years, how and where we implement safety tools from the multimodal safety toolbox, our various safety initiatives, speed reduction corridors, and where we are doing outreach/engagement.
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