Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2015 Kia Optima
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 20Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Crash on Merchant Ln, Hampton, Virginia
Friday, May 15, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Non-visible injury (C)3 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Hampton
- Document number
- 261400046
- Local case code
- 260515031
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Merchant Ln
- City, county
- Hampton
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 45 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Dawn
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 3
- Injured
- 2
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2022 Toyt Venza
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 38Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2018 Niss Altima
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, female, 18Restraint: 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
- Unit 3 driver action
- Following Too Closeas 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
4 crashes recorded on Merchant Ln in Hampton in the last 12 months, 4 with injuries.
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- Jun 14, 2026, W Mercury Blvd2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Jun 14, 2026, Cunningham Dr2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Jun 13, 2026, W Mercury Blvd3 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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