Crash on Melrose Ave. NW, Roanoke, Virginia

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at 12:11 PM

Injury crashVirginia severity: Visible injury (B)2 vehicles
Reporting agency
City of Roanoke
Document number
213285124
Local case code
21-111972

From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.

Where and when

Location
Melrose Ave. NW
City, county
Roanoke
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
Daylight
Road surface
Dry
Hit and run
No
People involved
2
Injured
1
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2002 Nissan Frontier

Pick-up Truck

Direction of travel
East
Maneuver
Going Straight Ahead
  • Driver, female, 77Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - Front
    Not injured
Shaded: damage area

Unit 2: 2008 Chevrolet Colorado

Pick-up Truck

Direction of travel
North
Maneuver
Making Left Turn
  • Driver, male, 69Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not Deployed
    Minor injury

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Disregarded Traffic Signalas 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

No other crashes are recorded within 2 km in the 30 days either side of this one.

All Roanoke crashes, November 2021

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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