Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2015 Ford Escape
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- West
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 34Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - FrontNot injured
Crash on Salem Turnpike Northwest at Salem Tpke NW, Roanoke, Virginia
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)1 vehicle
- Reporting agency
- City of Roanoke
- Document number
- 260990011
- Local case code
- 26-030831
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Salem Turnpike Northwest at Salem Tpke NW
- City, county
- Roanoke
- Collision type
- Deer
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Animal
- Traffic control
- No Traffic Control
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 30 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Road Lighted
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Nearby and recent
6 crashes recorded on Salem Turnpike Northwest in Roanoke in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.
- May 6, 2026, Lafayette Boulevard Northwest2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- May 5, 2026, Patterson Avenue Southwest at Patterson Ave SW3 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Apr 29, 2026, Melrose Avenue Northwest at Melrose Ave NW3 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Apr 28, 2026, Melrose Ave Northwest2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Apr 28, 2026, Russell Ave SW2 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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