Crash on Defense Road / Banister Road at Defense Rd, Petersburg, Virginia

Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM

Injury crashVirginia severity: Severe injury (A)1 vehicle
Reporting agency
City of Petersburg
Document number
251925062
Local case code
P25-003067

From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.

Where and when

Location
Defense Road / Banister Road at Defense Rd
City, county
Petersburg
Collision type
Fixed Object - Off Road
Intersection type
Not at Intersection
First harmful event
Trees
Traffic control
Traffic Lanes Marked
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
35 mph
Weather
Rain
Light
Darkness - Road Not Lighted
Road surface
Wet
Hit and run
No
People involved
1
Injured
1
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2013 Kia Optima

Passenger car

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Other
  • Driver, male, 29Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Deployed - Front
    Serious injury

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Exceeded Speed Limitas 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

All Petersburg crashes, July 2025

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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