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Traffic deaths in Nevada in 2020

State in United States

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

  1. US-9517
  2. I-1512
  3. US-939
  4. I-80 E8
  5. I-80 W8
  6. US-508
  7. S FORT APACHE RD5
  8. S MARYLAND PKWY4
  9. S LAS VEGAS BLVD4
  10. 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

  1. Dodge Ram13
  2. Nissan Altima11
  3. GMC Sierra10
  4. Chevrolet Silverado9
  5. Ford F-1508
  6. Honda Accord8
  7. Hyundai Elantra7
  8. Honda CR-V6
  9. Toyota Camry6
  10. Toyota Tacoma6

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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Date Location Deaths
Dec 1, 2020 Esmeralda County 2
Dec 1, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 30, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 30, 2020 Las Vegas, Clark County 1
Nov 29, 2020 Lincoln County 1
Nov 29, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 27, 2020 Lincoln County 1
Nov 26, 2020 Nye County 1
Nov 25, 2020 Lyon County 1
Nov 23, 2020 Las Vegas, Clark County 1
Nov 22, 2020 North Las Vegas, Clark County 1
Nov 22, 2020 Lyon County 1
Nov 22, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 21, 2020 Nye County 1
Nov 19, 2020 Henderson, Clark County 1
Nov 17, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 16, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 16, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 16, 2020 Nye County 1
Nov 16, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 12, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 12, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 12, 2020 Clark County 1
Nov 11, 2020 Lincoln County 1
Nov 11, 2020 Churchill County 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.