Three cars. Three buildings. All along the H Street Corridor. The cluster of similar incidents is sparking calls for change.
Cars hit buildings more often than you think
H Street’s cluster of cars hitting buildings may be notable, but H Street isn’t alone even being inside a building isn’t enough to guarantee you won’t be injured by a car. Streetsblog reported in February that drivers crash cars into buildings as much as 60 times per day on average in the US, killing hundreds of people and injuring thousands each year.
The Storefront Safety Council, an advocacy group working to limit vehicle-into-building collisions, has tracked more than 30 instances of cars crashing into businesses, government buildings, and bus stops in the region in 2020 alone. Other car-into-building collisions have damaged property and hurt pedestrians in the region just over the last few months.