Fear of crossing streets

The fear of crossing streets, also called dromophobia or agyrophobia, is a specific phobia that affects a person's ability to cross a street or roadway where cars or vehicles may be present. The source names two terms for it, dromophobia and agyrophobia, and explains that dromophobia comes from the Greek word dromos, meaning racetrack. As a specific phobia, it is an intense fear tied to one situation, here the act of crossing a road with traffic nearby, and it can limit where a person is able to walk or travel on their own. The lead of the article is brief and does not give causes, prevalence, diagnostic criteria or treatment, so this entry records only the definition and the origin of the term and leaves further facts for later research.