Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2024 Jeep Cherokee
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Ran Off Road - Left
- Driver, male, 39Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Deployed - CombinationSerious injury
Crash on Interstate 81, Bristol, Virginia
Monday, September 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Severe injury (A)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Bristol
- Document number
- 252520134
- Local case code
- DIV425067448
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81
- City, county
- Bristol
- Collision type
- Angle
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Ran Off Road
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 70 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Dusk
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2025 Ford Explorer
Emergency Vehicle (Regardless of Veh Type)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 26Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Eluding Policeas 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
13 crashes recorded on Interstate 81 in Bristol in the last 12 months, 9 with injuries.
- Oct 8, 2025, Euclid Ave2 vehicles, 3 injuredInjury crash
- Oct 8, 2025, Island Rd1 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 19, 2025, Gate City Hwy2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 16, 2025, Gate City Hwy.2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Sep 2, 2025, 1175 Island Rd1 vehicle, 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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