Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2024
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, maleRestraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Interstate 81, Wytheville, Virginia
Friday, January 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehiclesHit and run
- Reporting agency
- Town of Wytheville
- Document number
- 260120090
- Local case code
- DIV426001686
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81
- City, county
- Wytheville
- Collision type
- Sideswipe - Same Direction
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Reduced Speed - Work Zone
- Work zone
- Yes
- Posted speed limit
- 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Not Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- Yes
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Changing Lanes
Nearby and recent
10 crashes recorded on Interstate 81 in Wytheville in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.
- Feb 5, 2026, Interstate 812 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Feb 2, 2026, Interstate 77 Southbound1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Jan 25, 2026, I-81 SB1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Jan 23, 2026, East Main Street2 vehicles, 2 injuredInjury crash
- Jan 20, 2026, Interstate 81 Northbound2 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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