Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2018 Ford Explorer
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Merging Into Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 37Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
Crash on Candlers Mountain Road, Lynchburg, Virginia
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Lynchburg
- Document number
- 252660227
- Local case code
- 25-033947
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Candlers Mountain Road
- City, county
- Lynchburg
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Two Approaches
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- One Way Road or Street
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 35 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 2
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2003 Ford F-350
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 43Restraint: 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 driver condition
- Eyes Not on Roadas 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
1 crash recorded on Candlers Mountain Road in Lynchburg in the last 12 months, 1 with injuries.
- Oct 23, 2025, Twin Oak Dr1 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Oct 16, 2025, 29 Exs2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Oct 14, 2025, Wards Rd2 vehicles, 3 injuredInjury crash
- Oct 9, 2025, Fort Ave2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 25, 2025, Mayflower Dr2 vehicles, 2 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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