Traffic fatalities have doubled as of September 2026 compared to this time last year — 28 deaths, up from 14. Children have been hit and killed on Fairfax roads this year. Pedestrian safety is also an issue of racial and socioeconomic justice: Black and Hispanic residents are killed and injured as pedestrians at more than double the rate of white residents in Fairfax County.
- Consult with victims’ families in every traffic fatality case.
- Charge drivers who kill pedestrians with the crimes of killing someone while walking or involuntary manslaughter, not generic reckless driving, when the facts support it.
- Prosecute DUIs as DUIs instead of reducing them to reckless driving or minor traffic offenses, which is happening at a far higher rate in Fairfax than in neighboring counties.