Vehicle, Bicycle Collisions Up in Fairfax County
Officials hopeful bicycle master plan will make roads safer for Fairfax County cyclists.
Accidents between vehicles and bicycles in Fairfax County are happening more frequently this year — the latest claiming the life of a Falls Church woman. There have been 54 collisions between vehicles and bicycles this year with one fatality, up from 44 accidents between bicyclists and vehicles with no fatalities in 2011. On Nov. 12, Elizabeth P. Shattuck, 58, of Falls Church, was hit by a pickup truck while she was walking from the north to south side of Columbia Pike. Police pronounced her dead at the scene, marking the first Fairfax County death resulting from a bicycle versus vehicle accident in two years. The accident is still under investigation, and charges have yet to be filed. Greg Billing, a spokesman for the Washington Area …
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John Strother
8:51 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
Fairfax County has for years been building and installing trails. Yet many people prefer to use the roads instead. Those whom would rather take to the roads to jog or whatever, must remember, they are themselves responsible for their own safety when they insist upon mixing their frail bodies with autos and trucks weighting many thousands of pounds. Common sense would say not to do it. However, I … more ›