Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2012 Ford Explorer
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 29Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Crash on East Stuart Drive, Galax, Virginia
Monday, May 15, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Galax
- Document number
- 231375085
- Local case code
- 2023-014402
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- East Stuart Drive
- City, county
- Galax
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Signal
- Work zone
- Yes
- Posted speed limit
- 35 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 2: 2012 Chevy TK
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 44Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Following Too Closeas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 driver condition
- Passenger(s)as recorded on the report
- Unit 1 violation cited
- Summons issuedas recorded on the report
- Unit 2 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 East Stuart Drive in Galax in the last 12 months, 12 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
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