Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2017 Cadillac Xts
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- West
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 34Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Deployed - CombinationFatal
Crash on WB Interstate 495, Alexandria, Virginia
Sunday, August 31, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)1 vehicle
- Reporting agency
- City of Alexandria
- Document number
- 252430112
- Local case code
- DIV725094793
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- WB Interstate 495
- City, county
- Alexandria
- Collision type
- Fixed Object - Off Road
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Guard Rail
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 55 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road 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
- Fail to Maintain Proper Controlas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 driver condition
- Otheras 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 WB Interstate 495 in Alexandria in the last 12 months, 1 with injuries.
- Sep 27, 2025, Duke Street2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 26, 2025, undefined2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 25, 2025, Duke Street3 vehicles, 3 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 25, 2025, Eisenhower Avenue2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 23, 2025, 1739 Belle Haven Rd2 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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