Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2017 Buick Encore
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Making Left Turn
Crash on Mechanicsville Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia
Saturday, March 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)3 vehiclesHit and run
- Reporting agency
- City of Richmond
- Document number
- 260670013
- Local case code
- 202603070582
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Mechanicsville Turnpike
- City, county
- Richmond
- Collision type
- Head On
- Intersection type
- Four Approaches
- 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
- Darkness - Road Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- Yes
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 2
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2010 Cadillac Escalade
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, maleRestraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2020 Kia Optima
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Making Right Turn
- Driver, femaleRestraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedMinor injury
Nearby and recent
24 crashes recorded on Mechanicsville Turnpike in Richmond in the last 12 months, 17 with injuries.
- Apr 6, 2026, I-64 EB2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Apr 5, 2026, I-95 SB1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Apr 3, 2026, Mosby St2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Apr 3, 2026, WB I-642 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Apr 2, 2026, Nine Mile Road1 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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