Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2015 Ford Fusion
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 19Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Crash on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County, Virginia
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Non-visible injury (C)3 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Botetourt County
- Document number
- 252930216
- Local case code
- DIV625097111
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81
- City, county
- Botetourt County
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 70 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 2: 2018 Jeep Wrangler
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 18Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2013 Ford F150
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 26Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Following Too Closeas 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
- Nov 7, 2025, Interstate 812 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Oct 11, 2025, I 811 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Nov 3, 2025, Frontage Rd.1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Oct 19, 2025, Interstate 812 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Oct 7, 2025, I811 vehicleProperty damage only
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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