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Nevada fatal crash statistics by county

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FARS records 417 deaths in 378 fatal crashes in Nevada in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 12.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in Nevada and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.47 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in Nevada and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, Nevada was number 19 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in Nevada rose by 2.7% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 28.3% of the fatal crashes in Nevada with a known setting were rural, against 42.7% in the United States.

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 .

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

Figure 1.Deaths in Nevada by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

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

County map

Figure 2.Counties of Nevada by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Churchill County: 28.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearClark County: 10.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDouglas County: 11.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearElko County: 22.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEsmeralda County: 490.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEureka County: 118.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHumboldt County: 32.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLander County: 45.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLincoln County: 77.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLyon County: 16.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMineral County: 59.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearNye County: 29.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearPershing County: 39.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearStorey County: 44.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWashoe County: 9.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearWhite Pine County: 33.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCarson City: 8.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 102 counties
  • 10 to 14.92 counties
  • 15 to 19.91 county
  • 20 to 29.93 counties
  • 30 or more9 counties

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.

In words: 2 counties have a rate of fewer than 10; 2 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 1 county has a rate of 15 to 19.9; 3 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 9 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.Nevada: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carson City58,3003478.3
Churchill County25,95507228.7
Clark County2,385,7462932,28510.1
Douglas County49,5911 or 25411.0
Elko County54,6861811722.0
Esmeralda County739539490.8
Eureka County1,9171 or 223118.1
Humboldt County17,17835532.2
Lander County5,77542645.6
Lincoln County4,3761 or 23777.2
Lyon County63,776139416.2
Mineral County4,4811 or 22759.9
Nye County56,3611214629.5
Pershing County6,46532639.8
Storey County4,1811 or 21844.0
Washoe County505,384504609.6
White Pine County8,63253133.7

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 3.Deaths in Nevada by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 431 (2006)2024: 417

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

Table 2.Nevada: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202441737812.81.47
202340636712.61.46
202241738413.11.51
202138536012.21.42
202033330910.71.32
20193042859.81.06
201832929910.91.16
201731129210.51.13
201632930411.31.23
201532629711.41.26
201429126810.3n/a
20132662459.6n/a
20122612389.5n/a
20112462239.1n/a
20102572359.5n/a
20092432239.1n/a
200832430412.2n/a
200737334114.3n/a
200643138617.1n/a
200542737917.6n/a
200439536016.8n/a
200336833516.4n/a
200238133017.5n/a
200131428515.0n/a
200032326616.0n/a
1999350307n/an/a
1998361315n/an/a
1997347322n/an/a
1996348315n/an/a
1995313277n/an/a
1994294272n/an/a
1993263234n/an/a
1992254227n/an/a
1991298261n/an/a
1990343300n/an/a
1989308276n/an/a
1988286256n/an/a
1987262239n/an/a
1986233203n/an/a
1985259227n/an/a
1984249215n/an/a
1983253220n/an/a
1982280248n/an/a
1981294258n/an/a
1980346302n/an/a
1979354298n/an/a
1978305264n/an/a
1977251221n/an/a
1976218187n/an/a
1975218190n/an/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.Nevada beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodNevadaUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202412.811.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year11.611.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.471.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.301.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Nevada had 3,253,543 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. Nevada had 28,433 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Nevada: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 3,275 fatal crashes9453,275 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 3,275 fatal crashes9893,275 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 1,651 occupant deaths with restraint use known7401,651 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 3,557 deaths8393,557 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 3,557 deaths1023,557 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 3,557 deaths6963,557 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 3,250 fatal crashes with the condition reported9193,250 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 3,259 fatal crashes with the condition reported1,7093,259 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

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 .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Nevada: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday13591135147508
Monday7194113138416
Tuesday6491111147413
Wednesday7764123142406
Thursday6298136153449
Friday9878132191499
Saturday148108133193582
All days6556248831,1113,273

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.Nevada: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate44013.7%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways832.6%4.4%
Other principal arterial1,03832.4%29.8%
Minor arterial99431.0%22.1%
Major collector963.0%15.5%
Minor collector2327.2%3.4%
Local32410.1%12.2%
Not reported68n/an/a

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

Routes

21 signed routes in Nevada have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in Nevada

Interstate routes

Official channels

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

Cite this page

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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. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to .

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Nevada in ten years?

FARS records 3,557 deaths in 3,275 fatal crashes in Nevada from 2015 to 2024. It records 3,119 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in Nevada?

Nevada had 417 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 1.1 percent.

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

FARS records a driver as drinking in 945 of 3,275 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 989 of them.

How many pages does Nevada have?

Nevada has 17 county pages, 21 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.