Crash on W. Main St, Salem, Virginia

Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 8:08 PM

Injury crashVirginia severity: Non-visible injury (C)2 vehicles
Reporting agency
City of Salem
Document number
242635221
Local case code
20243496

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

Where and when

Location
W. Main St
City, county
Salem
Collision type
Rear End
Intersection type
Three Approaches
First harmful event
Motor Vehicle In Transport
Traffic control
Traffic Signal
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
35 mph
Weather
Rain
Light
Darkness - Road Lighted
Road surface
Wet
Hit and run
No
People involved
2
Injured
1
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2011 Chev Silverado

Pick-up Truck

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Going Straight Ahead
  • Driver, male, 22Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Not injured
Shaded: damage area

Unit 2: 2014 Chev Silverado

Pick-up Truck

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Going Straight Ahead
  • Driver, male, 20Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Possible injury

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Following Too Closeas 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

5 crashes recorded on W. Main St in Salem 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 Salem crashes, September 2024

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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