Damage area not recorded
Unit 1: 1992 Volvo 940 Series
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, maleRestraint: Lap and Shoulder BeltPossible injury
Crash on Melrose Avenue Northwest at Melrose Ave NW, Roanoke, Virginia
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Non-visible injury (C)3 vehiclesHit and run
- Reporting agency
- City of Roanoke
- Document number
- 261750180
- Local case code
- 26-205394
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Melrose Avenue Northwest at Melrose Ave NW
- City, county
- Roanoke
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Parked Vehicle
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 25 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- Yes
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2005 Chevrolet Unknown
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Parked
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 1997 Dodge Ram
Pick-up Truck
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Parked
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Hit and Runas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 violation cited
- Summons issuedas 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
26 crashes recorded on Melrose Avenue Northwest in Roanoke in the last 12 months, 15 with injuries.
- May 29, 2026, 10TH St SW2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- May 25, 2026, Melrose Avenue Northwest2 vehicles, 2 injuredFatal crash
- May 21, 2026, Melrose Avenue Northwest1 vehicle, 1 injuredInjury crash
- May 20, 2026, Shenandoah Avenue Northwest at Shenandoah Ave NW2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- May 17, 2026, 10TH Street NW2 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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