Crash on Starling Avenue, Martinsville, Virginia

Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 11:40 PM

Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
Reporting agency
City of Martinsville
Document number
231045023
Local case code
202304132340

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

Where and when

Location
Starling Avenue
City, county
Martinsville
Collision type
Sideswipe - Opposite Direction
Intersection type
Three Approaches
First harmful event
Motor Vehicle In Transport
Traffic control
Traffic Lanes Marked
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
30 mph
Weather
No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
Light
Darkness - Road Lighted
Road surface
Dry
Hit and run
No
People involved
2
Injured
1
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: Toyota Sedan

Passenger car

Direction of travel
West
Maneuver
Making Left Turn
  • Driver, male, 65Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Not injured
Shaded: damage area

Unit 2: Unk Scooter

Other (Scooter, Go-cart, Hearse, Bookmobile, Golf Cart, etc.)

Maneuver
Parked
  • Driver, 45Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Minor injury

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Improper Turn - Cut Corner on Left Turnas 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

6 crashes recorded on Starling Avenue in Martinsville in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.

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

All Martinsville crashes, April 2023

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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