Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 2016 Ford Explorer
Emergency Vehicle (Regardless of Veh Type)
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, male, 24Restraint: No Restraint Used. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
Crash on Jefferson Avenue, Newport News, Virginia
Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Property damage onlyVirginia severity: Property damage only (O)2 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Newport News
- Document number
- 241275005
- Local case code
- 20240505523
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Jefferson Avenue
- City, county
- Newport News
- Collision type
- Rear End
- Intersection type
- Four Approaches
- First harmful event
- Motor Vehicle In Transport
- Traffic control
- Traffic Signal
- Work zone
- No
- Posted speed limit
- 45 mph
- Weather
- Rain
- Light
- Darkness - Road Lighted
- Road surface
- Wet
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 2
- Injured
- 0
- Killed
- 0
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2009 Toyota Scion
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- North
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 21Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 2 driver action
- Following Too Closeas recorded on the report
- Unit 2 driver condition
- Cell Phoneas 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
385 crashes recorded on Jefferson Avenue in Newport News in the last 12 months, 230 with injuries.
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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