Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2005 Suzi VL1500
Motorcycle
- Direction of travel
- West
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 34Restraint: HelmetFatal
Crash on Fort Ave, Lynchburg, Virginia
Friday, April 17, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)3 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Lynchburg
- Document number
- 261140291
- Local case code
- 2026006124
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Fort Ave
- City, county
- Lynchburg
- Collision type
- Angle
- Intersection type
- Three 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
- No
- People involved
- 3
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 1
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2026 Ford Transit
Van
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Making Left Turn
- Driver, male, 36Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - CombinationNot injured
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2008 Merc Grand Marqui
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 31Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - CombinationNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Exceeded Speed Limitas 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
31 crashes recorded on Fort Ave in Lynchburg in the last 12 months, 16 with injuries.
- May 16, 2026, Fort Ave2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- May 16, 2026, Candlers Mountain Rd2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- May 15, 2026, 29 Exs2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- May 15, 2026, Fort Ave2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- May 12, 2026, 29N2 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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