Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2010 Acura Intergra
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 71Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on I-581 SB, Roanoke, Virginia
Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 2:40 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Roanoke
- Document number
- 213565213
- Local case code
- DIV621125690
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- I-581 SB
- City, county
- Roanoke
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 55 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 3
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2017 Audi Q5
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 64Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
- Passenger, female, 67Restraint: 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 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
7 crashes recorded on I-581 SB in Roanoke in the last 12 months, 3 with injuries.
No other crashes are recorded within 2 km in the 30 days either side of this one.
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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