Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2025 Hd Fltrxstse
Motorcycle
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, maleRestraint: HelmetFatal
Crash on I-581 SB, Roanoke, Virginia
Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)3 vehiclesHit and run
- Reporting agency
- City of Roanoke
- Document number
- 260660224
- Local case code
- DIV626020104
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
- Guard Rail
- 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
- Yes
- People involved
- 3
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 1
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2011 Ford Explorer
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, maleRestraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Damage area not recorded
Unit 3: 2008 Dodge Charger
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- DriverAirbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Exceeded Speed Limitas recorded on the report
- Unit 3 driver action
- Exceeded Speed Limitas 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.
- Apr 4, 2026, Interstate 5811 vehicleProperty damage only
- Apr 4, 2026, Orange Ave NW2 vehicles, 3 injuredInjury crash
- Apr 3, 2026, 19TH St NW2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Apr 2, 2026, I 581 North1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Apr 1, 2026, Greenlawn Avenue Northwest at Greenlawn Ave NW2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
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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