Shaded: damage area
Unit 1
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
Crash on Preston Ave, Charlottesville, Virginia
Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 3:14 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)3 vehiclesHit and run
- Reporting agency
- City of Charlottesville
- Document number
- 172585137
- Local case code
- C2017-31433
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Preston Ave
- City, county
- Charlottesville
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Signal
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 25 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- Yes
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 2
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, femaleRestraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
- Passenger, female, 54Restraint: Lap and Shoulder BeltMinor injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
Nearby and recent
3 crashes recorded on Preston Ave in Charlottesville 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.
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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