Accident Statistics
Published road safety data for Nevada, with the source, data year, geography and methodology attached to every figure. Nothing here is estimated, rounded or inferred.
Deaths on Nevada roads
From the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal crashes rather than a sample.
Impairment, injuries and insurance
How we handle data
Road safety figures are quoted carelessly more often than almost any other kind of statistic. These are the rules we hold ourselves to.
Every figure carries its provenance
A number is only published here once its source, data year, geography and methodology are all recorded. If any of those is missing, the figure is not shown and the space is left empty rather than filled.
Data year, not publication year
Figures are labelled by the year the events happened, not the year the report came out. Those are usually different, often by two years.
Estimates are labelled as estimates
Some widely quoted figures are models rather than counts. Alcohol-impaired death figures involve statistical imputation of missing blood alcohol results, and the uninsured driver rate is an insurance industry model derived from claims ratios rather than a government count. Both are labelled accordingly.
Agencies disagree, and we say so
Federal and state sources produce different totals for the same year because they count differently. The federal system reconciles police reports against death certificates and coroner records and captures deaths up to 30 days after a crash; the state system compiles police collision reports as submitted. We use the federal figures for deaths and state sources for injuries, and we do not mix them within a single comparison.
Gaps are stated, not filled
Nevada publishes a suspected-serious-injury figure, but we could not confirm the most recent one is a single-year count rather than a rolling average against a target, so it is not shown here. The state also publishes a five-year injury total, which must not be divided to produce an annual number. Where a figure cannot be established, we say so rather than interpolating one.
Data sources
Every statement on this page traces to one of the following. Where a source is not the issuing body itself, that is noted.
- NHTSA, Overview of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes in 2024, Table 9. NHTSA Official source Data year 2024, Nevada. census Checked 14 September 2026.
- NHTSA, Pedestrians: 2024 Data, Table 7 (DOT HS 813 818). NHTSA Official source Data year 2024, Nevada. census Checked 14 September 2026.
- NHTSA, Motorcycles: 2024 Data, Table 7 (DOT HS 813 824). NHTSA Official source Data year 2024, Nevada. census Checked 14 September 2026.
- NHTSA, Bicyclists and Other Cyclists: 2024 Data, Table 6 (DOT HS 813 822). NHTSA Official source Data year 2024, Nevada. census Checked 14 September 2026.
- NHTSA, Alcohol-Impaired Driving: 2024 Data, Table 4 (DOT HS 813 815). NHTSA Official source Data year 2024, Nevada. estimate (modelled) Checked 14 September 2026.
- Insurance Research Council, via Insurance Information Institute. Insurance Information Institute Secondary source Data year 2022, Nevada. estimate (modelled) Checked 14 September 2026.
Some statutory text above was read from an established legal database rather than the Nevada Legislature's own site, because that page could not be retrieved in full. The wording was cross-checked across multiple independent databases. If you are relying on the exact text, read it on the Legislature's official site.