Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2006 Ford Ranger
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Ran Off Road - Right
- Driver, female, 74Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Deployed - FrontFatal
Crash on Big Island Highway in Bedford County, Virginia
Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)1 vehicle
- Reporting agency
- Bedford County
- Document number
- 260850309
- Local case code
- DIV626027214
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Big Island Highway
- City, county
- Bedford County
- Collision type
- Fixed Object - Off Road
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Ran Off Road
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 55 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Not Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 1
Vehicles and people
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Improper or Unsafe Lane Changeas recorded on the report
A contributing factor or charge recorded by an officer is not a finding of fault or a conviction. We show the record as the state released it.
Nearby and recent
- Apr 1, 2026, Big Island Highway1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Mar 29, 2026, Big Island Highway2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Mar 18, 2026, 3064 Big Island Highway1 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Mar 7, 2026, Big Island Highway1 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
About this record
- Source
- VDOT crash data
- Updates
- Changes the state makes to this record are applied here when the source publishes them
- First published here
- October 25, 2026
- Last updated
- October 25, 2026, no changes recorded
- What is left out
- Names, addresses, plates, and license and insurance numbers are not in the public data and never appear here
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