Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2016 Honda Cr-V
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Parked
- DriverNot injured
Crash on Railroad Crossing at Depot St, Amherst, Virginia
Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 11:26 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Town of Amherst
- Document number
- 172365340
- Local case code
- DIV317063550
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Railroad Crossing at Depot St
- City, county
- Amherst
- Collision type
- Train
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Railroad Crossing With Gate and Signals
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 65 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 1997 G.E. P42dc
Other (Scooter, Go-cart, Hearse, Bookmobile, Golf Cart, etc.)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, maleNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Other Improper Turnas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 driver condition
- Navigation Deviceas 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
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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