Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2022 Freightliner Cascadia
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 46Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
- Passenger, 30Minor injury
Crash on Interstate 81, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Friday, March 24, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)4 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Harrisonburg
- Document number
- 230835149
- Local case code
- DIV223023423
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81
- City, county
- Harrisonburg
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- Yes
- Posted speed limit
- 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Not Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 6
- Injured
- 4
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2012 Honda Accord
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 27Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2020 International LT625
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 34Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
- Passenger, male, 60Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 4: 2021 Freightliner M2
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 27Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Exceeded 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
42 crashes recorded on Interstate 81 in Harrisonburg in the last 12 months, 11 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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