LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Las Vegas Metro police unveiled a new safety plan to target dangerous intersections in hopes of reducing traffic fatalities across the valley.
The department highlighted 12 intersections where officers will increase their enforcement due to a large number of life-threatening or fatal crashes over the past three years.
“Sheriff McMahill advised that our fatals need to be reduced to 125 or less for this year. Right now we are currently at 108. So we need to take a more drastic approach at reducing those fatalities,” Las Vegas Metro Police Department Traffic Bureau Lieutenant Cody Fulwiler said.
Top 12 dangerous intersections within Las Vegas Metro police jurisdiction
- Charleston Boulevard and Decatur Boulevard
- Flamingo Road and Rainbow Boulevard
- Charleston Boulevard and Hualapai Way
- Blue Diamond Road and Arville Street
- Tropicana Avenue and Decatur Boulevard
- Flamingo Road and Arville Street
- Boulder Highway between Sahara Avenue and Karen Avenue
- Flamingo Road and Pecos Road
- Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway
- Las Vegas Boulevard and Cheyenne Avenue
- Washington Avenue and Nellis Boulevard
- Las Vegas Boulevard and Cashman Center
Speed, failure to yield the right of way, and impairment were cited by police as the top causes of crashes across the Las Vegas valley…