Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2005 Chev P/U
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 31Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on West Main Street, Salem, Virginia
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:50 AM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Non-visible injury (C)3 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Salem
- Document number
- 221525221
- Local case code
- 20221971
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- West Main Street
- City, county
- Salem
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Three Approaches
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 35 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 3
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2014 Hyun Sonata
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 60Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2006 Ford Focus
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, female, 54Restraint: 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 driver condition
- Eyes Not on Roadas 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
22 crashes recorded on West Main Street in Salem in the last 12 months, 9 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
Were you involved and want this page removed?Request removal of this record