Crash on Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia

Monday, August 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM

Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
Reporting agency
City of Newport News
Document number
252310009
Local case code
20250818497

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

Where and when

Location
Jefferson Avenue
City, county
Newport News
Collision type
Sideswipe - Opposite Direction
Intersection type
Not at Intersection
First harmful event
Motor Vehicle In Transport
Traffic control
Traffic Lanes Marked
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
45 mph
Weather
Rain
Light
Darkness - Road Lighted
Road surface
Wet
Hit and run
No
People involved
3
Injured
3
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2003 Ford Expedition

Passenger car

Direction of travel
South
Maneuver
Merging Into Traffic Lane
  • Driver, male, under 18Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Possible injury
Shaded: damage area

Unit 2: 2017 Chrysler Pacifica

Passenger car

Direction of travel
North
Maneuver
Going Straight Ahead
  • Driver, female, 67Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - Front
    Minor injury
  • Passenger, male, 77Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Minor injury

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Exceeded Safe Speed But Not Speed Limitas 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

392 crashes recorded on Jefferson Avenue in Newport News in the last 12 months, 234 with injuries.

All Newport News crashes, August 2025

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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