Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2015 Freightliner MS-106
Special Vehicle - Oversized (Veh/Earthmover/Road Equip.)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, male, 38Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Interstate 81 in Roanoke County, Virginia
Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Roanoke County
- Document number
- 261900258
- Local case code
- DIV626066398
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Interstate 81
- City, county
- Roanoke County
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Lanes Marked
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2023 Peterbilt 375
Truck (3 Axles or More)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 56Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Following Too Closeas 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.
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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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