Fatal crash profile · State

Traffic deaths in Nevada in 2020

Deaths, 2020: 333
Fatal crashes: 309
Population: 3.1M

In 2020, 333 people died in 309 fatal crashes in Nevada. The death rate was 10.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. Nevada had the 34th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 31st-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 24% of deaths, and 28% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

10.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

About the same as the rate in the United States: 11.8

Nevada traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

24%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2020

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	178
Pedestrians	81
Motorcyclists	63
Cyclists	11

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Deaths by type, 2020
Type	Deaths	Share in Nevada	Share in the US
Pedestrians	81	24%	17%
Motorcyclists	63	19%	14%
Cyclists	11	3%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	91	27%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	103	31%	29%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

28%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About the same as the share in the United States: 29%

25%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About the same as the share in the United States: 27%

Crash factors in 2020

Category	Nevada	United States
Speeding-related	24.9%	26.7%
Alcohol-involved	28.2%	28.6%
At night	56.0%	53.4%
At weekends	32.7%	32.9%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

56%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in the United States: 53%

33%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	17
1am	11
2am	6
3am	5
4am	10
5am	13
6am	12
7am	6
8am	14
9am	10
10am	5
11am	12
12pm	6
1pm	17
2pm	10
3pm	19
4pm	11
5pm	14
6pm	14
7pm	27
8pm	19
9pm	19
10pm	18
11pm	14

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	47
Mon	39
Tue	37
Wed	44
Thu	44
Fri	44
Sat	54

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	27
Feb	22
Mar	16
Apr	27
May	16
Jun	27
Jul	22
Aug	30
Sep	32
Oct	29
Nov	34
Dec	27

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	263
Cloudy	32
Rain	4
Other	2
Severe Crosswinds	2
Snow	2

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	122
Dark - Lighted	106
Dark - Not Lighted	60
Dusk	10
Dawn	7

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

US-9517
I-1512
US-939
I-80 E8
I-80 W8
US-508
S FORT APACHE RD5
S MARYLAND PKWY4
S LAS VEGAS BLVD4
SR-4454

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	165
SUVs	102
Pickup trucks	75
Motorcycles	65
Medium and heavy trucks	35
Other vehicles	14
Vans	11
Buses	5

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Dec 30, 2020	Clark County	S FORT APACHE RD	1
Dec 28, 2020	Las Vegas, Clark County	E CHARLESTON BLVD	1
Dec 27, 2020	Clark County	SR-592 W FLAMINGO RD	1
Dec 26, 2020	Henderson, Clark County	BOULDER HWY N	1
Dec 25, 2020	Reno, Washoe County	SR-430 N VIRGINIA ST	1
Dec 25, 2020	Clark County	BERMUDA RD	1
Dec 22, 2020	Las Vegas, Clark County	E SAHARA AVE	1
Dec 21, 2020	Elko County	US-93	2
Dec 19, 2020	Clark County	I-15	1
Dec 19, 2020	Clark County	I-15 NORTHBOUND	1
Dec 18, 2020	Sparks, Washoe County	VISTA BLVD	1
Dec 17, 2020	Clark County	E WARM SPRINGS RD	1
Dec 15, 2020	Las Vegas, Clark County	E BONANZA RD	1
Dec 14, 2020	Reno, Washoe County	WHITE LAKE PKWY	1
Dec 13, 2020	Lyon County	US-50 A	1
Dec 12, 2020	Churchill County	I-80 E	1
Dec 10, 2020	Clark County	US-95	5
Dec 10, 2020	Clark County	W SAHARA AVE	1
Dec 10, 2020	Clark County	SR-147 E LAKE MEAD BLVD	1
Dec 9, 2020	Clark County	BOULDER HWY	1
Dec 6, 2020	Nye County	S ALICIA ST	1
Dec 5, 2020	Elko County	LAST CHANCE RD	1
Dec 5, 2020	Clark County	I-515 US-95 FLAMINGO OFF RAMP	1
Dec 2, 2020	Carson City	US-395	1
Dec 1, 2020	Washoe County	SR-667 KIETZKE LN	1

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Counties in Nevada in 2020

Area	Deaths, 2020	Per 100,000
Carson City	3	5.1
Churchill County	13	50.8
Clark County	195	8.6
Douglas County	6	12.1
Elko County	17	31.7
Esmeralda County	2	272.1
Eureka County	2	108.0
Humboldt County	3	17.4
Lander County	2	34.9
Lincoln County	5	112.7
Lyon County	8	13.5
Mineral County	2	43.9
Nye County	14	26.9
Pershing County	6	90.4
Storey County	1	24.3
Washoe County	52	10.7
White Pine County	2	22.1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	27
Feb	22
Mar	16
Apr	27
May	16
Jun	27
Jul	22
Aug	30
Sep	32
Oct	29
Nov	34
Dec	27

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	27
Feb	22
Mar	16
Apr	27
May	16
Jun	27
Jul	22
Aug	30
Sep	32
Oct	29
Nov	34
Dec	27

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	27
Feb	22
Mar	16
Apr	27
May	16
Jun	27
Jul	22
Aug	30
Sep	32
Oct	29
Nov	34
Dec	27