Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2007 Kia Spectra
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Other
- Driver, female, 76Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - CombinationFatal
Crash on Preston Street, Abingdon, Virginia
Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 2:08 PM
Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- Town of Abingdon
- Document number
- 182105079
- Local case code
- 18A-00180
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Preston Street
- City, county
- Abingdon
- Collision type
- Train
- Intersection type
- Not at Intersection
- First harmful event
- Train
- Traffic control
- Railroad Crossing With Gate and Signals
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 25 / 60 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 1
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2016 Train - GE Rail Ac44c6m
Other (Scooter, Go-cart, Hearse, Bookmobile, Golf Cart, etc.)
- Direction of travel
- East
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 39Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Disregarded Traffic Signalas 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.
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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