Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2022 Ford F-150
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 42Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on I-81 NB, Salem, Virginia
Friday, September 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)4 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Salem
- Document number
- 252510082
- Local case code
- DIV625082911
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- I-81 NB
- City, county
- Salem
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Highway Safety Corridor
- Work zone
- Yes
- Posted speed limit
- 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 4
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2004 Nissan Xterra
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, female, 71Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2016 Ram 3500
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 42Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Damage area not recorded
Unit 4: 2021 Freightliner Cascadia
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 26Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
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
3 crashes recorded on I-81 NB in Salem in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.
- Oct 3, 2025, Thompson Memorial Drive1 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 22, 2025, 1251 West Main Street2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 19, 2025, Hawthorn Road2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 5, 2025, U.S. 111 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Aug 26, 2025, Lee Highway2 vehicles, 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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