Crash on Piney Forest Road, Danville, Virginia

Thursday, July 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM

Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
Reporting agency
City of Danville
Document number
262120167
Local case code
CR26000597

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

Where and when

Location
Piney Forest Road
City, county
Danville
Collision type
Rear End
Intersection type
Four Approaches
First harmful event
Motor Vehicle In Transport
Traffic control
Traffic Signal
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
40 mph
Weather
No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
Light
Daylight
Road surface
Dry
Hit and run
No
People involved
2
Injured
2
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2010 Ford(ford) Expedition

Passenger car

Direction of travel
South
Maneuver
Going Straight Ahead
  • Driver, male, 42Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Possible injury
Shaded: damage area

Unit 2: 2012 Nissan(niss) Murano

Passenger car

Direction of travel
South
Maneuver
Slowing or Stopping
  • Driver, female, 65Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Minor 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

55 crashes recorded on Piney Forest Road in Danville in the last 12 months, 44 with injuries.

All Danville crashes, July 2026

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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