Clark County, Nevada: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 293 deaths in 267 fatal crashes in Clark County in 2024.

FARS records 2,285 deaths in 2,124 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Nevada in the same years is 11.6.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Clark County was number 1 of 17 counties of Nevada.

Deaths in Clark County rose by 17.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (1,941) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (2,285).

In the counties of Nevada the deaths rose by 14.0% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 12.0% of the fatal crashes in Clark County with a known setting were rural, against 28.3% in Nevada.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Clark County by year, 2015 to 2024

210

217

208

219

186

195

236

259

262

293

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	293	267	67
2023	262	243	77
2022	259	236	74
2021	236	225	80
2020	195	183	38
2019	186	175	53
2018	219	205	52
2017	208	195	48
2016	217	201	54
2015	210	194	63
2015 to 2024	2,285	2,124	606

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Clark County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 293 (2024)2024: 293

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Clark County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	293	267
2023	262	243
2022	259	236
2021	236	225
2020	195	183
2019	186	175
2018	219	205
2017	208	195
2016	217	201
2015	210	194
2014	174	163
2013	190	179
2012	172	155
2011	117	112
2010	148	135
2009	144	137
2008	201	193
2007	248	230
2006	282	261
2005	265	246
2004	247	228
2003	223	202
2002	213	191
2001	189	169
2000	188	157
1999	195	174
1998	203	183
1997	200	188
1996	214	193
1995	174	155
1994	150	137
1993	142	125
1992	132	120
1991	148	136
1990	180	159
1989	146	127
1988	133	118
1987	132	121
1986	121	107
1985	119	103
1984	122	104
1983	128	112
1982	150	136
1981	142	125
1980	171	154
1979	152	131
1978	140	121
1977	112	100
1976	94	75
1975	86	81

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Clark County beside Nevada and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clark County	Nevada	United States
2024	12.3	12.8	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.1	11.6	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Clark County had 2,385,746 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clark County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Nevada
A driver recorded as drinkingof 2,124 fatal crashes	606	2,124 fatal crashes	28.5%	28.9%
A speeding-related driverof 2,124 fatal crashes	710	2,124 fatal crashes	33.4%	30.2%
No restraint usedof 871 occupant deaths with restraint use known	381	871 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.7%	44.8%
Pedestriansof 2,285 deaths	649	2,285 deaths	28.4%	23.6%
Bicyclistsof 2,285 deaths	81	2,285 deaths	3.5%	2.9%
Motorcyclistsof 2,285 deaths	502	2,285 deaths	22.0%	19.6%
On a rural roadof 2,106 fatal crashes with the condition reported	253	2,106 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	12.0%	28.3%
In the darkof 2,118 fatal crashes with the condition reported	1,178	2,118 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.6%	52.4%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Clark County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	89	55	80	102	326
Monday	45	58	73	101	277
Tuesday	52	60	74	99	285
Wednesday	52	39	66	91	248
Thursday	42	58	87	107	294
Friday	73	54	78	133	338
Saturday	102	57	80	116	355
All days	455	381	538	749	2,123

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Clark County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Nevada
Interstate	242	11.6%	13.7%
Other freeways and expressways	63	3.0%	2.6%
Other principal arterial	525	25.3%	32.4%
Minor arterial	826	39.7%	31.0%
Major collector	42	2.0%	3.0%
Minor collector	173	8.3%	7.2%
Local	208	10.0%	10.1%
Not reported	45	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Clark County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	844
Dark, not lighted	180
Dark, lighted	994
Dawn	48
Dusk	48
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Clark County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	1,842
Cloudy	210
Rain	48
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	11
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clark County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clark	In all of Nevada
Interstate 15	Interstate	176	176
Interstate 215	Interstate	34	34
State Route 147	State highway	42	42
State Route 159	State highway	57	57
State Route 160	State highway	38	45
State Route 574	State highway	25	25
State Route 582	State highway	70	70
State Route 589	State highway	38	38
State Route 592	State highway	65	65
State Route 593	State highway	30	30
State Route 604	State highway	36	36
State Route 612	State highway	45	45
US Route 93	US highway	9	62
US Route 95	US highway	89	174

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Nevada

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Clark County on the county map of Nevada

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 102 counties
10 to 14.92 counties
15 to 19.91 county
20 to 29.93 counties
30 or more9 counties
Clark County: 10.1

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Nevada

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Clark County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Mohave County	Arizona	48	561	26.2
Inyo County	California	15	85	46.5
San Bernardino County	California	350	3,509	16.1
Lincoln County	Nevada	1 or 2	37	77.2
Nye County	Nevada	12	146	29.5

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Nevada have a population nearest to that of Clark County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Clark in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 1,941 deaths in Clark County from 2005 to 2014. It records 2,285 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clark in 2024?

The rate of Clark County in 2024 was 12.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Nevada was 12.8. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Clark had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 606 of 2,124 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Clark?

14 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 754 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.