LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Flamingo Road has been identified as Clark County’s deadliest road for pedestrians crossing the street in recent years, according to a traffic safety expert.
Erin Breen, director of PedSafe Vegas at UNLV’s Transportation Research Center, said 29 people died along Flamingo from January 2021 through June 2026, with the deadliest stretch between Paradise and University Center Drive.
“Flamingo Road is a very busy transit road, and so you have people running to catch a bus, people getting off of a bus that aren’t going out of their way to legally cross the street, and they’re running across Flamingo Road where cars are usually traveling 50 miles an hour, and you can’t outrun a 50-mile-an-hour car.”…