Too close to the end of the board

Move all 4 of those screws to the left about 3/4 "

Angle in from there

This and get the ones on the right out of the same grain line as the ones on the left.

pre drill all marked points, no splitting ever again.

pre drill and stop putting them in the same grain
stagger them vertically so that they all hit different grain

Pre drillling definitely slow but with two drill now not too bad and now splits !

pre drill
the location you are using is to close to the end I own a business when we do wood decks we use car wax on the screws basic old school turtle wax sounds crazy but zero splits

Wax or vasectomy is supposed to help…. Never tried it…l
I know I am always tearing it up when I does it….l.l

…. You have to spit snuff on the screw before you drive it

…. Everyone knows that

Red man for big ones.

this is why they sell drill and driver combos

drill for the hole , driver impacts the screw in

pre drill and soap or wax for added bennifit

also stop putting screws in line , the army got you wanting to line stuff up in order
don't , is there any reason you couldn't move that bottom screw an inch to the right? would it still catch the board behind it ?

Yeah, right about there….

That works for me too.

Yep