The latest year-to-date fatal report from the Nevada Department of Public Safety — Office of Traffic Safety shows fatal crashes have gone up across the state by 2.45% compared to last year.
According to the state, the biggest contributing factors to these fatalities are impaired driving and speeding .
As of their Oct. 31 data collection, across the entire state, 335 lives have been lost — with 93 being pedestrians and 51 being unrestrained motorists.
- For Clark County, 80 pedestrian fatalities have been reported up to October 2024. This is a 25% increase from the number of pedestrian fatalities in October 2023, which was 64.
- For Clark County, 31 unrestrained motorist fatalities have been reported up to October 2024. This is a 6.06% decrease from the number of unrestrained motorist fatalities in October 2023, which was 33.
Other statewide fatalities include:
Nevada Department of Public Safety — Office of Traffic Safety The state is reporting that Clark County comes in with the most fatal traffic crashes at 239 as of October. This is a 14.9% increase for the county compared to the number of fatalities in October 2023 — which was 208.