A pedestrian was killed in a crash near West Pembroke Avenue and Vaughan Avenue in Hampton, Virginia, Wednesday evening, and officers remained at the scene for hours afterward. Police asked drivers to steer clear of the intersection while they worked the investigation.
The Hampton Police Division said it was investigating the fatal crash and confirmed it had officers at the scene of the pedestrian death near that intersection, according to WAVY.com. Officers were still investigating the crash as of Wednesday evening, per the police division, and remained on scene as of 6:41 p.m.
Hampton Police encouraged motorists to avoid the area and seek alternate routes while the investigation continued, the station reported. No further details on the victim's identity or how the crash occurred have been released.
A Familiar Stretch of Road
West Pembroke Avenue has been the site of at least one other fatal pedestrian case in recent years. In a separate incident, Hampton Police said a man was struck and killed while riding a bike on West Pembroke Avenue after a call came in around 12:27 a.m. about a crash in the 1200 block, according to WTKR.com. That victim was pronounced dead at the scene, and the station reported that a Hampton man, Corey Holland, 32, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in connection with that crash, remaining in custody at Hampton City Jail as of the following Sunday afternoon.
Pedestrian Deaths Across Hampton Roads
Wednesday's death adds to a pattern regional outlets have been tracking for years. Virginia DMV data cited by WTKR showed Hampton Roads logged 311 crashes involving pedestrians in 2022, with 38 of them fatal. Preliminary 2023 figures from that same DMV data, per WTKR, pointed to 364 pedestrian-involved crashes and 30 fatalities that year, though WAVY separately reported 33 pedestrian fatalities in Hampton Roads for 2023 — a discrepancy the available reporting does not resolve.
WAVY reported that the regional fatality count trended down to 25 deaths in 2024. Even so, the station noted that eight people had already been killed in pedestrian crashes across Hampton Roads during just the first three months of 2025, citing data from the Virginia Department of Transportation. Nationally, pedestrian deaths have risen by more than 70 percent since 2010, according to the Governor's Highway Safety Association and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as cited by WTKR.
Virginia DMV reporting cited by the same station found that, over a recent four-year span, most pedestrian-involved crashes in the state occurred in urban areas, after dark, and in situations where pedestrians were crossing improperly or walking in the roadway. No cause has been given for Wednesday's crash near West Pembroke and Vaughan avenues, and police have not said whether that pattern applies here.
