ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Neighbors along Seminary Road in Alexandria say crashes are happening way too often.
Tuesday morning, a driver crashed through a fence and into the yard of Ron McNeely's home. The car came about 15 feet short of slamming into his house.
"If they came down just a few more feet they would have gone directly into my kitchen which supports my bedroom," said McNeely.
The crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Alexandria City Police told WUSA9 that the driver was transported for treatment of minor injuries and that their investigation led to the driver being cited for a traffic violation.
WUSA9 first spoke to McNeely in March when a driver crashed through his fence along Seminary Road near Fillmore Avenue. In July, we checked in with him again, after his doorbell camera captured the moments a transformer blew, following another crash.
In July, neighbors formed the Seminary Road Committee. Their focus is finding ways to improve the stretch of roadway for everyone, drivers included. They created a survey and launched it at the beginning of September. As of October 17, they have already received more than 200 responses.
They're weighing possible options to present to the city of Alexandria. Those options include making changes like adding a stoplight to a three-way intersection of Seminary Road, Fillmore Avenue and Dover Place.
They're also looking into whether neighbors might support red light cameras at the intersections that already have stoplights.
The speed limit along Seminary Road between I-395 and the Alexandria city limits was lowered from 35 mph to 25 mph in 2021. In the report shared by the City of Alexandria Traffic and Parking Board, they shared that this particular stretch of Seminary Road had the highest number of injury crashes per mile, per year.
The city told WUSA9 that they're collecting traffic volume and crash data along Seminary Road since the 25 mph speed limit was put in place.
Neighbors worry time is running out.
"I'm very nervous. The past few times it's been the middle of the night. But, who's to say it can't happen in the middle of the day and my son plays out here and it's just scary to even think about," said Stephen Kasulke. His fence was also damaged in Tuesday's crash.
"My worry is a car is going to crash into one of our houses in the middle of the night and kill us," said McNeely.
Neighbors shared that the results of the survey will be shared with the city at a meeting in November. It remains open to anyone interested in chiming in, until November 1. To take the survey, click here.