Crash on Ridge St, Charlottesville, Virginia

Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 12:18 AM

Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)Pedestrian involved1 vehicleHit and run
Reporting agency
City of Charlottesville
Document number
191225149
Local case code
2019-00011169

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

Where and when

Location
Ridge St
City, county
Charlottesville
Collision type
Ped
Intersection type
Four Approaches
First harmful event
Ped
Traffic control
Traffic Signal
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
25 mph
Weather
No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
Light
Darkness - Road Lighted
Road surface
Dry
Hit and run
Yes
People involved
2
Injured
0
Killed
1

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2008 Ford Fusion

Passenger car

Direction of travel
South
Maneuver
Going Straight Ahead
  • Driver, male, 30Restraint: Other. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Not injured

Not in a vehicle

  • Pedestrian, male, 50
    Fatal

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Hit and Runas recorded on the report
Unit 1 driver condition
Otheras 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

3 crashes recorded on Ridge St 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.

All Charlottesville crashes, April 2019

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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