Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2020 Nissan Altima
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- West
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 32Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on 218 Merrimac Dr NW, Christiansburg, Virginia
Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Town of Christiansburg
- Document number
- 261660237
- Local case code
- 2026-00013838
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- 218 Merrimac Dr NW
- City, county
- Christiansburg
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- No Traffic Control
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 25 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2018 International Durastar
Truck - Truck Tractor (Bobtail-No Trailer)
- Direction of travel
- West
- Maneuver
- Backing
- Driver, male, 42Restraint: 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
- Improper Backingas 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
1 crash recorded on Merrimac Dr NW in Christiansburg in the last 12 months, 0 with injuries.
- Jul 1, 2026, New River Rd NW2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Jun 29, 2026, N Franklin St2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Jun 29, 2026, N Franklin St2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Jun 17, 2026, Arbor Dr NE2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Jun 16, 2026, 434 Peppers Ferry Rd NW2 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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