Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2021 Freightliner Tractor
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 52Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Interstate 81 in Smyth County, Virginia
Sunday, October 19, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Smyth County
- Document number
- 252940018
- Local case code
- DIV425077607
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81
- City, county
- Smyth County
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- Yes
- Posted speed limit
- 70 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Not Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2017 Kia Forte
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, female, 60Restraint: 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 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
- Nov 16, 2025, I-81 North1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Nov 10, 2025, N. Main2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Nov 9, 2025, Cedar Springs Rd1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Nov 8, 2025, Route 161 vehicleProperty damage only
- Oct 23, 2025, W. Strother at Strother St W2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
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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