A 5-year-old child was struck by a vehicle near Connecticut Avenue and Kayson Street in Montgomery County, suffering non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The driver remained at the scene, and officers from the department's 4th District were dispatched at 11:58 a.m. to investigate.
According to the Montgomery County Department of Police
, 4D officers responded to the area for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, and confirmed both the child's age and the non-life-threatening nature of the injuries in the same post. The department also noted that the driver stayed on scene following the crash. As of the time of reporting,
FOX 5 DC
said the investigation remained ongoing, with no further details released.
A Month Marked by Similar Close Calls
A Month Marked by Similar Close Calls This is not the only recent case in the county involving a young child hit by a car. On Oct. 8, a five-year-old was hospitalized after being struck in the Glenmont area, in the 2200 block of Randolph Road near Glenmont Circle. The child suffered non-life-threatening injuries, was taken for further evaluation, and the investigation remained open. The two incidents are separate, but together they underscore how often young children are turning up in county pedestrian crash reports this fall.
The broader numbers paint a grim backdrop for both cases. MyMCMedia reported that 15 pedestrians have been killed on Montgomery County roads so far this year, already surpassing the total for all of 2025. County Executive Marc Elrich said the county has recorded 39 fatal crashes this year, resulting in 42 deaths, according to the outlet's reporting.
Montgomery County adopted Vision Zero in 2016, building on its Pedestrian Safety Initiative, and set a goal of eliminating serious and fatal traffic crashes by 2030. The county’s FY2027 budget says preliminary data counted 248 serious-injury and fatal collisions in 2025—33% below the county’s 2012–2016 average before Vision Zero. That progress sits alongside this year’s rising death toll, and the county’s plan includes road improvements, education and enforcement as parts of its safety effort. The county’s Vision Zero program and budget describe the initiative and its targets.
County Ramps Up Traffic Enforcement
In response to the rising toll, Montgomery County police launched a fall traffic enforcement push targeting speeding, distracted driving, and drivers who fail to stop for pedestrians in crosswalks, per MyMCMedia's reporting. A county planning page notes that while bicycle and pedestrian crashes happen less often than other motor vehicle crashes, they are more likely to result in serious injury or death. A county Vision Zero analysis examined pedestrian crashes.
Maryland law requires drivers at intersections without signals to stop for pedestrians in marked or unmarked crosswalks when a pedestrian is on the vehicle’s half of the road or approaching within one lane of it. If a violation contributes to a crash, the driver may face up to a $500 fine and three points, and may be subject to jail time. The county’s summary of Maryland pedestrian laws outlines the crosswalk rules and penalties.
For now, no further details have been released about what led to the crash near Connecticut Avenue and Kayson Street, and the investigation remains active.
