Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2019 GMC Terrain
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- West
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 21Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Deployed - CombinationSerious injury
Crash on West Lynchburg Salem Turnpike, Bedford, Virginia
Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Injury crashVirginia severity: Severe injury (A)1 vehicle
- Reporting agency
- Town of Bedford
- Document number
- 260970132
- Local case code
- PD26-00153
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- West Lynchburg Salem Turnpike
- City, county
- Bedford
- Collision type
- Fixed Object - Off Road
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Ditch
- Traffic control
- No Traffic Control
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Darkness - Unknown Road Lighting
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 1
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Fail to Maintain Proper Controlas 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
2 crashes recorded on West Lynchburg Salem Turnpike in Bedford in the last 12 months, 2 with injuries.
- Mar 3, 2026, West Lynchburg Salem Turnpike2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Mar 3, 2026, Blue Ridge Avenue2 vehiclesProperty damage only
- Jan 17, 2026, undefined1 vehicleProperty damage only
- Jan 17, 2026, Dr Mlk JR Bypass1 vehicleProperty damage only
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
Were you involved and want this page removed?Request removal of this record