While last week was a quiet one on the District’s roads, this week was anything but.

The most high-profile crash happened just before 9:00 on a weeknight in Adams Morgan when a drunk driver seriously injured two pedestrians on the sidewalk at 18th and Florida. While this single incident was jarring, nationwide and in the District, traffic-related injuries and fatalities are on the decline. That’s some good news to remember, even as tragedy hits close to home for the two victims, their friends and families.

“Safety is number one at DDOT…The pedestrian is the most vulnerable because they’re the slowest and they have no armor. The cyclist is second-most vulnerable. And so you really have to…make sure that you’re protecting the most vulnerable people first.” - DDOT Director Gabe Klein on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, August 4, 2010.

We’ve decided to help make it easier for all of us to keep tabs on DDOT’s top priority by mapping each week’s cyclist and pedestrian crashes as reported by Struck in DC, which has been tracking crashes on Twitter since June 1. While it is not a comprehensive listing of all pedestrian and cyclist incidents on our city’s streets, Struck in DC does keep tabs on reports from DC Fire/EMS and other sources. If you know of a crash that wasn’t mapped here, report it to Struck in DC.

For a tally of Struck in DC crashes we have recorded, please view the spreadsheet.