Detectives from the Major Crash Unit are currently investigating a fatal pedestrian strike in Virginia this morning.

Around 4am, police received reports that a 43-year-old woman had been struck by a vehicle on the Stuart Highway, around 500 metres north of Virginia Road, Virginia.

The vehicle stopped at the scene and the woman was declared deceased upon emergency services arrival.

Both inbound lanes of the Stuart highway have been closed and diversions are currently in place with traffic re-entering the highway at Morgan Road. It is expected diversions will remain in place until midday.

Anyone with information or dash-cam footage, particularly if you saw a pedestrian in that area this morning, is urged to contact police on 131 444 and quote reference P25126714.

The lives lost on Territory roads now stands at 10.