Crash on Porterfield Highway, Abingdon, Virginia

Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7:18 PM

Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
Reporting agency
Town of Abingdon
Document number
190255052
Local case code
19A-00011

From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.

Where and when

Location
Porterfield Highway
City, county
Abingdon
Collision type
Rear End
Intersection type
Three Approaches
First harmful event
Motor Vehicle In Transport
Traffic control
Yield Sign
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
35 mph
Weather
No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
Light
Darkness - Road Lighted
Road surface
Dry
Hit and run
No
People involved
2
Injured
0
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2004 Subaru Forester

Passenger car

Direction of travel
South
Maneuver
Making Right Turn
  • Driver, male, 59Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Not injured
Shaded: damage area

Unit 2: 2010 Chevrolet Malibu

Passenger car

Direction of travel
South
Maneuver
Stopped in Traffic Lane
  • Driver, female, 34Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Not 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

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

8 crashes recorded on Porterfield Highway in Abingdon in the last 12 months, 6 with injuries.

No other crashes are recorded within 2 km in the 30 days either side of this one.

All Abingdon crashes, January 2019

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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