A woman died early Sunday after her Honda Accord veered off Brassfield Road in Greensboro, swerved back onto the pavement, then ran off the road again and slammed into a tree in the median. Greensboro police said she was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene, in a crash officers are now blaming at least partly on excessive speed.
Officers responded to the single-vehicle wreck in the 3100 block of Brassfield Road at approximately 5:23 a.m., according to myfox8.com. The outlet reported the victim was identified as Iyona Alize Thomas, 30, who it said was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene. WXII’s corrected report also identifies the woman killed as Thomas, 30, explaining that police had initially misidentified her.
According to the MyFox8 account, the Honda Accord initially ran off the road to the right, reentered the roadway, then ran off to the left before striking the tree in the median. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, per a Yahoo News report on the early-morning closure of Brassfield Road. Police say excessive speed was a factor in the crash, the same MyFox8 report states.
Name Correction Adds to the Confusion
Complicating matters further, MyFox8's report noted that the Greensboro Police Department issued a correction for an incorrect name it had provided in an earlier statement. WXII reported that police initially misidentified the victim as Yasmin Lacole Campbell, 21, and that the corrected identification is Iyona Alize Thomas, 30. The Greensboro Police Department's Crash Reconstruction Unit is conducting an ongoing investigation into exactly what happened on Brassfield Road before the car left the roadway for the final time.
Part of a Sharp Rise in Greensboro Traffic Deaths
The crash lands amid a documented spike in fatal crashes across Greensboro this year. Police say traffic-related deaths are up more than 40% from this time last year, with 25 people killed in traffic incidents so far in 2026, figures Hoodline attributed to abc45.com. Speeding has been the most common cause of those traffic-related deaths in 2026, according to police cited in that report.
In response, Greensboro police launched a campaign called “Warmer Days. Safer Roadways.” aimed at reducing crashes, injuries and deaths on city streets, the station's report notes. The effort runs alongside Vision Zero Greensboro, a coalition of government agencies and community partners described by the city as using a collaborative, data-driven approach to traffic deaths and serious injuries, with a long-term goal of zero fatalities, according to greensboro-nc.gov.
The Brassfield Road crash is the latest in a string of fatal wrecks the city has logged this year. In April, a 34-year-old Greensboro man died after a single-car crash off Pisgah Church Road, according to a city announcement. Greensboro has also seen a series of deadly pedestrian crashes this year, including the case of a child killed while crossing Lowdermilk Street, which Hoodline previously reported led to multiple charges against the driver.
No details have been released about potential citations or charges stemming from the Brassfield Road crash, and police have not said what specifically caused the Honda to leave the roadway twice before striking the tree. The Crash Reconstruction Unit's investigation remains active as police continue to piece together the final moments before the fatal impact.
