A 79-year-old woman died after she was struck by a car while crossing South Collins Street in Arlington on Monday night, according to police. She was crossing the roadway outside a crosswalk when the collision happened, and she was taken to a hospital, where she later died from her injuries.
The crash happened in the 1400 block of South Collins Street, and police officers were dispatched to the scene at about 8:05 p.m., according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The driver remained at the scene after the crash, the newspaper reported. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office is expected to publicly identify the woman who died.
Police Cite Reduced Visibility at Night
Arlington police said visibility is reduced at night, and they reminded pedestrians to use designated crosswalks or traffic lights when crossing roadways, per the same report. The driver is not currently facing any criminal charges.
City of Arlington records show the department has logged the case as an auto-pedestrian fatality tied to report number 2026-02630549, according to a listing on the City of Arlington news page. Further details from that filing were not immediately available.
Not the Only Recent Pedestrian Death in Arlington
The South Collins Street crash comes months after Arlington police investigated another fatal auto-pedestrian crash in April 2026, in which a 68-year-old man was killed, according to a report posted by the City of Arlington. In a separate incident, a 32-year-old man was struck and killed while trying to cross the westbound lanes of Interstate 30 near Center Street, with Arlington police responding to that crash at 8:41 p.m. on a Sunday night, according to FOX 4 News. That crash shut down all westbound lanes of I-30 for about three hours as traffic was diverted at the Center Street exit, the station reported. In that case, police urged pedestrians to never enter highway lanes and instead use designated crossings, sidewalks, and overpasses or underpasses.
A Nationwide Safety Concern
Pedestrian deaths are a persistent problem well beyond Arlington. In 2024, 7,080 pedestrians were killed and more than 71,000 were injured nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Federal transportation officials have pointed to tools like pedestrian hybrid beacons, which the Federal Highway Administration says are designed to help pedestrians cross higher-speed roadways at midblock crossings. The available evidence does not establish whether such a device exists along the stretch of South Collins Street where Monday's crash occurred.
No further details about the driver, the vehicle involved, or the exact circumstances leading up to the crash have been released. Police have not said whether the investigation remains open or whether any additional information will be provided once the medical examiner's office identifies the woman who died.
