Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2011 Dodge Ram
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Merging Into Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 19Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Crash on Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia
Thursday, April 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Non-visible injury (C)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Newport News
- Document number
- 261070002
- Local case code
- 202603093
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Jefferson Avenue
- City, county
- Newport News
- Collision type
- Sideswipe - Same Direction
- Intersection type
- Four Approaches
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Yield Sign
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 45 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 2
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2013 Chevrolet Cruze
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 46Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Improper or Unsafe Lane Changeas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 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
392 crashes recorded on Jefferson Avenue in Newport News in the last 12 months, 234 with injuries.
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- May 11, 2026, criston dr2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- May 9, 2026, Westbound Interstate 642 vehiclesProperty damage only
- May 9, 2026, Jefferson Avenue2 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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