A woman has died after a single-vehicle crash in Suitland Friday afternoon, and Prince George's County police say the cause of the wreck remains under investigation. Officers were called to the area of Brooks Drive and Towne Park Road around 1:30 p.m., found the woman injured, and rushed her to a hospital, where she later died.
The crash was first reported by DC News Now, which noted that police have not released the woman's identity and have not said what led to the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call 301-731-4422.
Brooks Drive functions as a key neighborhood connector in Suitland, linking arterial routes like Silver Hill Road and Pennsylvania Avenue near Drew-Freeman Middle School, according to the Prince George's County Planning Department. County planning documents have recommended traffic-calming studies for high-accident intersections along that corridor.
A Familiar Pattern for County Crash Investigators
Friday's crash lands just two days after Prince George's County Police Department's Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit was sent to investigate a different fatal crash in Bowie, where a fleeing driver struck and killed a 69-year-old woman after running from a traffic stop and crossing double yellow lines, as reported by CBS News. That unit handles all fatal vehicle crashes countywide, and full reconstruction reports typically take about six weeks to complete, per county government procedures.
The back-to-back fatal crashes come as Prince George's County continues to carry the heaviest traffic death toll in Maryland. The county recorded 93 traffic fatalities in 2025, far outpacing neighboring Montgomery County's 43, though that figure marks a drop from the 140 deaths counted in 2023, according to reporting cited by gelbandgelb.com. Statewide, Maryland's traffic fatalities have also trended downward this year, with 262 deaths recorded as of late August compared to 307 at the same point in 2025, per Zero Deaths MD.
Crash Falls Within Maryland's Deadliest Summer Stretch
Friday's fatality also falls within Maryland's annual “100 Deadliest Days” initiative, the stretch between Memorial Day and Labor Day when state police ramp up patrols in response to historically elevated summer crash rates. Over the past five summer cycles, more than 800 people have died in Maryland crashes involving impairment, according to CBS Baltimore.
County leaders have been sounding the alarm on traffic deaths for weeks. In July, Prince George's County Executive leadership and police officials held a joint press conference urging drivers to slow down, buckle up, and eliminate distractions after six people died in separate crashes within just days of each other, per a statement from the Prince George's County Police Department.
The county established its Vision Zero program in 2019, setting a policy goal of eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries on county roads by 2040 through data-driven engineering and targeted enforcement. That effort is backed in part by a $21.25 million “Safe Streets and Roads for All” federal grant secured in 2024, with roughly 92 percent of the funding directed toward underserved communities along high-injury road networks, according to the Prince George's County Department of Public Works and Transportation.
Statewide, driver deaths continue to make up the largest share of fatal traffic victims, accounting for 83 of 181 total traffic deaths recorded through June, according to The BayNet, with passenger and pedestrian deaths making up the remainder. Investigators have not said whether speed, distraction, a medical emergency, or road conditions played a role in Friday's crash on Brooks Drive, and no further details have been released as the reconstruction unit's review continues.
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