Crash on Martin Luther King, Portsmouth, Virginia

Friday, December 8, 2017 at 11:49 PM

Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)1 vehicleHit and run
Reporting agency
City of Portsmouth
Document number
173465141
Local case code
2017016546

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

Where and when

Location
Martin Luther King
City, county
Portsmouth
Collision type
Fixed Object - Off Road
Intersection type
Not at Intersection
First harmful event
Jersey Wall
Traffic control
Traffic Lanes Marked
Work zone
No
Posted speed limit
45 mph
Weather
Rain
Light
Darkness - Road Lighted
Road surface
Wet
Hit and run
Yes
People involved
1
Injured
0
Killed
0

Vehicles and people

Shaded: damage area

Unit 1: 2008 Hond Civic

Passenger car

Direction of travel
North
Maneuver
Merging Into Traffic Lane
  • Driver
    Unknown

What the officer recorded

Unit 1 driver action
Hit and Runas recorded on the report
Unit 1 driver condition
Otheras 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 Portsmouth crashes, December 2017

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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