Damage area not recorded
Unit 1: 2015 Ford Expedition
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 48Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - FrontNot injured
Crash on Wards Rd, Lynchburg, Virginia
Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Lynchburg
- Document number
- 260630167
- Local case code
- 2026001344
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Wards Rd
- City, county
- Lynchburg
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Signal
- 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
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2004 Ford F150
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Starting From Parked Position
- Driver, male, 73Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
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
57 crashes recorded on Wards Rd in Lynchburg in the last 12 months, 19 with injuries.
- Feb 25, 2026, Leesville Rd1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Feb 22, 2026, Wards Ferry Rd2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Feb 12, 2026, Wards Rd2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Feb 10, 2026, Wards Rd2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 9, 2026, Wards Rd3 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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