Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2019 Nissan Sentra
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 24Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - SideMinor injury
Crash on Amherst Highway, Amherst, Virginia
Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)1 vehicle
- Reporting agency
- Town of Amherst
- Document number
- 260370071
- Local case code
- 2025-000011
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Amherst Highway
- City, county
- Amherst
- Collision type
- Deer
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Animal
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 65 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Dawn
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Nearby and recent
2 crashes recorded on Amherst Highway in Amherst in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.
- Mar 7, 2026, Ambriar Plaza2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Mar 5, 2026, Lexington Turnpike1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Mar 2, 2026, South Main St2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 20, 2026, Rutledge Lane1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Jan 22, 2026, undefined2 vehiclesProperty 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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