Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2020 Toyota Highlander
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 61Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Interstate 81 Northbound, Wytheville, Virginia
Sunday, December 1, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)3 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Town of Wytheville
- Document number
- 243405153
- Local case code
- DIV424095307
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81 Northbound
- City, county
- Wytheville
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 70 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Not Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 7
- Injured
- 5
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2001 Chrysler Town & Country
Van
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 26Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - FrontNot injured
- Passenger, female, 34Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Deployed - FrontMinor injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2021 Toyota 4runner
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 60Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
- Passenger, female, under 18Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
- Passenger, female, 37Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
- Passenger, male, 59Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Following Too Closeas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 violation cited
- Summons issuedas recorded on the report
- Unit 2 driver action
- Following Too Closeas recorded on the report
- Unit 2 violation cited
- Summons issuedas 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
2 crashes recorded on Interstate 81 Northbound in Wytheville in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.
- Dec 18, 2024, N 4TH St4 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Dec 18, 2024, N 4TH Street2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Nov 27, 2024, E. Main St.2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Dec 29, 2024, Peppers Ferry Rd1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Dec 23, 2024, W Monroe St. at Monroe St2 vehiclesProperty damage only
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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