Shaded: damage area
Unit 1: 1998 Dodg Intrepid
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Going Straight Ahead
- Driver, male, 87Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Deployed - FrontFatal
Crash on Wards Rd, Lynchburg, Virginia
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Fatal crashVirginia severity: Fatal (K)3 vehicles
- Reporting agency
- City of Lynchburg
- Document number
- 250325106
- Local case code
- 2025001800
From the VDOT crash data, record last updated October 25, 2026. No changes since first published.
Where and when
- Location
- Wards Rd
- City, county
- Lynchburg
- 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
- 35 mph
- Weather
- No Adverse Condition (Clear/Cloudy)
- Light
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Dry
- Hit and run
- No
- People involved
- 3
- Injured
- 1
- Killed
- 1
Vehicles and people
Shaded: damage area
Unit 2: 2011 Toyo Avalon
Passenger car
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Slowing or Stopping
- Driver, female, 82Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedPossible injury
Shaded: damage area
Unit 3: 2018 Ford Escape
Truck (SUV)
- Direction of travel
- South
- Maneuver
- Stopped in Traffic Lane
- Driver, female, 52Restraint: Lap and Shoulder Belt. Airbag: Not DeployedNot injured
What the officer recorded
- Unit 1 driver action
- Fail to Maintain Proper Controlas recorded on the report
- Unit 1 driver condition
- Other Body Defectsas 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
57 crashes recorded on Wards Rd in Lynchburg in the last 12 months, 19 with injuries.
- Feb 15, 2025, 29 Exn2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 14, 2025, Wards Rd2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 6, 2025, 29 Exn Candlers4 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
- Feb 2, 2025, 501 Exs1 vehicleFatal crash
- Jan 29, 2025, Fort Avenue2 vehicles, 1 injuredInjury crash
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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