Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2016 Ford Transit Connect
Van
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 56Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on I-81 North in Smyth County, Virginia
Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)1 vehicle
- Reporting agency
- Smyth County
- Document number
- 253230063
- Local case code
- DIV425083631
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- I-81 North
- City, county
- Smyth County
- Collision type
- Deer
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Animal
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 70 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
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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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