Market data
Personal injury in Virginia: market data
What public records say about the market for personal injury in Virginia: how much demand the courts and agencies count, how many law offices serve it, how many people need help in Spanish, and the ad rules that apply. Every number links to the record it comes from.
Demand: what courts and agencies count
Counts of filings, crashes, complaints and enforcement in the records each agency keeps. A count shows where problems were recorded, not how many people will hire a lawyer.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver | 241 crashes | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist | 24 crashes | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes | 867 crashes | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| People killed in crashes | 917 deaths | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck | 111 crashes | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes | 120 crashes | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian | 124 crashes | 2024 | Virginia state | fatal-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739 record fatal-crashes:51 · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury | 310 cases filed, fiscal year | FY2025 | Virginia state | federal-filings-county v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628 record federal-filings-county:VA · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Workers who commute by car, truck or van | 3,271,543 ±11,700 workers age 16+ | 2020-2024 | Virginia state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-va · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA | 4,565 crashes | 2025 | Virginia state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:VA · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes | 108 deaths | 2025 | Virginia state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:VA · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury | 1,645 crashes | 2025 | Virginia state | truck-crashes v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677 record truck-crashes:VA · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections | 40 inspections | FY2025 | Virginia state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:VA · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| OSHA inspections | 2,271 inspections | FY2025 | Virginia state | wage-enforcement v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226 record wage-enforcement:VA · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Federal civil filings: private Federal Employers Liability Act (railroad workers) | 0 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vae-priv-fela · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private marine personal injury | 4 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vae-priv-marine-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private motor vehicle personal injury | 63 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vae-priv-motor-vehicle-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private other personal injury (includes product liability, drug and device cases) | 184 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Eastern District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vae-priv-other-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: personal injury | 648 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Eastern District of Virginia federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-vae-personal-injury · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private Federal Employers Liability Act (railroad workers) | 0 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vaw-priv-fela · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private marine personal injury | 0 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vaw-priv-marine-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private motor vehicle personal injury | 34 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vaw-priv-motor-vehicle-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil filings: private other personal injury (includes product liability, drug and device cases) | 67 cases filed, 12 months | 12 months ending 2026-06-30 | Western District of Virginia federal district | civil-filings v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009 record cf-vaw-priv-other-pi · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Federal civil cases filed: personal injury | 235 cases filed, three fiscal years | FY2023-2025 | Western District of Virginia federal district | idb-civil v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969 record idb-vaw-personal-injury · status P · checked 2026-10-27 |
Rising or falling
The change between the last two periods each source publishes. No threshold and no smoothing.
| Measure | Before | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fatal crashes with an alcohol-impaired driver Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 246 2023 | 241 2024 | falling (-2%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a bicyclist Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 15 2023 | 24 2024 | rising (+60%) |
| Fatal crashes Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 856 2023 | 867 2024 | rising (+1.3%) |
| People killed in crashes Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 914 2023 | 917 2024 | rising (+0.3%) |
| Fatal crashes involving a large truck Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 110 2023 | 111 2024 | rising (+0.9%) |
| Fatal motorcycle crashes Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 128 2023 | 120 2024 | falling (-6.2%) |
| Fatal crashes killing a pedestrian Virginia · record fatal-crashes:51 | 128 2023 | 124 2024 | falling (-3.1%) |
| Federal civil cases filed by county of the plaintiff: personal injury Virginia · record federal-filings-county:VA | 296 FY2024 | 310 FY2025 | rising (+4.7%) |
| Truck and bus crashes reported to FMCSA Virginia · record truck-crashes:VA | 5,584 2024 | 4,565 2025 | falling (-18.2%) |
| Deaths in truck and bus crashes Virginia · record truck-crashes:VA | 124 2024 | 108 2025 | falling (-12.9%) |
| Truck and bus crashes with an injury Virginia · record truck-crashes:VA | 1,832 2024 | 1,645 2025 | falling (-10.2%) |
| OSHA fatality or catastrophe inspections Virginia · record wage-enforcement:VA | 37 FY2024 | 40 FY2025 | rising (+8.1%) |
Lawyer supply
How many law offices and lawyers the federal statistics count here.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New lawyers admitted | 1,049 lawyers a year | 2025 | Virginia state | bar-pipeline v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443 record va-bar-pipeline · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties under 1 law office per 10,000 residents | 23 counties | 2026-Q1 | Virginia state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-51 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Counties with no law office | 9 counties | 2026-Q1 | Virginia state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-51 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Residents living in those low-office counties | 7 percent of residents | 2026-Q1 | Virginia state | deserts v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430 record deserts-51 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Employer law firms | 3,257 firms | 2022 | Virginia state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-va-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Receipts of employer law firms | 5,681,972,000 US dollars | 2022 | Virginia state | law-firm-economy v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997 record lfe-va-all · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Law offices per 10,000 residents | 4.63 per 10,000 residents | 2026-Q1 | Virginia state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-51 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Self-employed lawyers (nonemployer firms) | 6,157 firms | latest Nonemployer Statistics year | Virginia state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-51 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Private law offices | 4,114 establishments | 2026-Q1 | Virginia state | law-offices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415 record law-offices-51 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Lawyers employed (wage-earning, BLS OEWS) | 18,580 jobs | May 2025 | Virginia state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:VA:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Median annual wage of employed lawyers | 167,210 US dollars a year | May 2025 | Virginia state | lawyer-wages v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840 record lawyer-wages:VA:231011:2025 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Counties with the most demand per law office
Of the 25 counties in Virginia with the most fatal crashes, the ten with the most per private law office. Both counts are shown with their records.
| County | Demand | Law offices | Per office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry County, VA | 15 record fatal-crashes:51089 | 2 record law-offices-51089 | 7.5 |
| Augusta County, VA | 17 record fatal-crashes:51015 | 4 record law-offices-51015 | 4.25 |
| Pittsylvania County, VA | 18 record fatal-crashes:51143 | 5 record law-offices-51143 | 3.6 |
| Rockingham County, VA | 12 record fatal-crashes:51165 | 4 record law-offices-51165 | 3 |
| Prince George County, VA | 12 record fatal-crashes:51149 | 5 record law-offices-51149 | 2.4 |
| Mecklenburg County, VA | 12 record fatal-crashes:51117 | 9 record law-offices-51117 | 1.33 |
| Franklin County, VA | 17 record fatal-crashes:51067 | 18 record law-offices-51067 | 0.94 |
| Campbell County, VA | 11 record fatal-crashes:51031 | 12 record law-offices-51031 | 0.92 |
| Suffolk city, VA | 14 record fatal-crashes:51800 | 16 record law-offices-51800 | 0.88 |
| Spotsylvania County, VA | 20 record fatal-crashes:51177 | 27 record law-offices-51177 | 0.74 |
Fatal crashes (fatal-crashes v1.0.0, 2024) ÷ Private law offices (law-offices v1.0.0, 2026-Q1). ratio = fatal-crashes.fatal_crashes / law-offices.qcew_estabs, rounded to 2 decimals; ranked highest first, among the 25 units with the most demand. Units with zero supply are listed apart (ratio undefined); units without a published value are listed as missing.
Spanish-language demand
People who speak Spanish and speak English less than very well, and the lawyers who speak Spanish, from the Census Bureau survey (with margins of error).
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyers who speak Spanish at home (ACS) | 2,540 ±458 lawyers | 2020-2024 | Virginia state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:VA:lawyers-spanish · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English per Spanish-speaking lawyer | 105 ±19.1 people per lawyer | 2020-2024 | Virginia state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:VA:lep-per-spanish-lawyer · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English (ACS) | 266,943 ±4,790 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Virginia state | language v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758 record language:state:VA:spanish-lep · status P · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Spanish speakers with limited English | 266,943 ±5,010 people age 5+ | 2020-2024 | Virginia state | legal-need v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886 record legal-need-va · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Ad rules that apply
The rules a law firm's ads in Virginia have to meet, summarized from the official texts. The full rules, with quotes, are on the state page.
| Topic | Status | What it says |
|---|---|---|
| Ad filing or review | P primary source | No filing or review is required. Rule 7.2, the advertising rule, is deleted, and Rules 7.1 and 7.3 have no filing, review or copy-keeping requirement for ads or solicitations. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Required content | P primary source | The rules have no clause requiring name, address or a disclaimer in an ad. Rule 7.1 (false or misleading communications) governs. Solicitations aimed at a specific person known to need legal services must conspicuously include "advertising material" on the… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Waiting periods for contact | P primary source | The rules set no waiting period after an accident or injury. Rule 7.3(b) bars solicitation of someone who has said no, or by harassment, undue influence, coercion, duress, compulsion, intimidation, threats or unwarranted promises of benefits. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Claims and results | P primary source | A communication may not be false or misleading (7.1). Comment [2] says reporting achievements may mislead if it suggests the same results for other clients, and unsubstantiated comparisons may mislead. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | A lawyer may not compensate or promise anything of value to a non-employee, non-firm person for recommending the lawyer, except: reasonable ad costs, the usual charges of a legal service plan or not-for-profit qualified lawyer referral service, a practice… official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Call recording | P primary source | Virginia allows a person who is a party to a call to record it, or anyone when one party has given prior consent. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Texting | P primary source | Under the Virginia Telephone Privacy Protection Act, a person harmed by a violation can sue for $500, $1,000 or $5,000 per violation, depending on the count. Section 59.1-514 covers text messages. official source · rules v1.4.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750572 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Ad filing or review | U open or withheld | Virginia: we could not read the primary rule text, so the filing duty is unknown. official source · filing v1.2.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721409 · checked 2026-10-25 |
| Paying for referrals | P primary source | Lawyers in different firms may split a fee if the client is told of and agrees to all the lawyers and to the terms of the split and the total fee is reasonable; there is no work-proportion or joint-responsibility test. official source · referral v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23747113 · checked 2026-10-27 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Virginia, personal injury: 2 years, under Va. Code § 8.01-243(A), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Virginia, wrongful death: 2 years, under Va. Code § 8.01-244(B), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
| Limitation period | P primary source | Virginia, property damage: 5 years, under Va. Code § 8.01-243(B), as read in the official code on 2026-10-28. official source · limitations v1.1.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743673 · checked 2026-10-28 |
Prices and pay (national)
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs in legal services (seasonally adjusted) | 1,249 thousand jobs | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CES6054110001:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| CPI-U: legal services | 230 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:CUUR0000SEGC01:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: offices of lawyers | 338 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU541110541110:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
| PPI: civil negligence legal services | 257 index | 2026-09 | United States United States | legal-prices v1.0.0 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854 record legal-prices:PCU5411105411103:2026-09 · status P · checked 2026-10-28 |
Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026
Our own marketing benchmarks for this practice: aggregated, rounded, and small groups suppressed.
| Measure | Value | Period | Place | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026: Injury cases: average cost per search-ad click | $50–75 USD (band) | 2025–2026 | United States United States | benchmarks v4.0.1 doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849 record search-click-costs-1 · status P · checked 2026-10-26 |
What is missing
Datasets linked to this practice that have no figure here, and values the source withholds. We never fill these in.
- state-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Virginia (it covers other places)
- ca-courts (demand): the dataset has no records for Virginia (it covers other places)
- findings (demand): the dataset has no records for Virginia (it covers other places)
- findings (supply): the dataset has no records for Virginia (it covers other places)
- firm-web-census (supply): the dataset has no records for Virginia (it covers other places)
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The rows behind this page, with every dataset, version, DOI, record id and check date.
Cite as: Probative Growth, The new-lawyer pipeline by jurisdiction: bar exam pass rates and new admissions, 2025 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721443); Probative benchmarks, 2025–2026 v4.0.1 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23735849); Federal civil filings by nature of suit and district, 12-month periods since 2018 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23720009); Legal deserts: law offices and lawyers per resident in every U.S. county v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721430); Fatal crashes by county and type: trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians and bicyclists, NHTSA FARS 2019 to 2024 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23733739); Federal civil cases filed, by county of the plaintiff's residence, case type and year (Federal Judicial Center) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23750628); How long federal civil cases take: outcomes, class actions and pro se share by district, nature of suit and year v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739969); Spanish-speaking demand vs Spanish-speaking lawyer supply, by state and metro v1.1.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23656758); Law firm size, solos and receipts, by state: Census SUSB 2022, Nonemployer Statistics 2024 and Economic Census 2022 v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23739997); Law offices, jobs and pay by county, with solo-practice counts: BLS QCEW, Census CBP and Nonemployer Statistics v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23721415); Lawyer, paralegal and legal-staff pay by state and metro (BLS OEWS) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734840); Legal need by county: who may need a lawyer, from the American Community Survey v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23741886); Legal-services prices and jobs, monthly (BLS CPI, PPI and CES) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23734854); Truck and bus crashes by county, state and year (FMCSA crash file) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23743677); Wage-and-hour and OSHA enforcement by county, state, act and industry (U.S. Department of Labor) v1.0.0 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.23744226); CC BY 4.0. https://probativegrowth.com/markets/virginia/personal-injury/
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How this page is built
Each figure is copied from one record of the dataset named with it, joined to this state and practice through the open practice and place crosswalk. Nothing is estimated. Methods, inputs and limits.