October was a dangerous month on Las Vegas roadways, with car crashes killing nearly half a dozen people and seriously injuring even more. From a street racing contest that turned deadly to a driver that fled two separate accidents before being apprehended, factors like impairment, excess speed, and reckless driving continue to cause danger on Las Vegas roads. And because… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for October 2022
The Las Vegas Valley saw an uptick in serious car crashes during September 2022, with one day—Friday, September 23—involving three fatal accidents within the span of just a few hours. Also in September, the city achieved the grim milestone of 100 traffic fatalities in the Las Vegas metro area in 2022. Locals have expressed concern about this trend, while authorities… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for September 2022
In August, Las Vegas reached a dubious benchmark, marking its 90th crash-related fatality for 2022. These August 2022 crashes have a few key things in common: impairment, excess speed, aggressive or unpredictable behavior, and collisions with pedestrians. On one fateful day in early August, police responded to four separate serious pedestrian crashes within a few hours. Just one of the… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report For August 2022
Even during Las Vegas’s hottest months, where tourism rates are down and many locals stay inside to beat the heat, traffic accidents continue to be a major problem in the Las Vegas metro area. Unfortunately, the vast majority of traffic collisions can be boiled down to a few factors: driver inattention, intoxication, and excess speed. Many of the most serious… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report For July 2022
June was sadly a busy month for Las Vegas’s police and first responders, with more than 10 people killed in car crashes this month. Many of these crashes have common themes—impairment, excess speed, and driver inattention—and during the hectic summer months, it’s more important than ever to pay close attention when you’re behind the wheel. Below, we highlight some of… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report For June 2022
Las Vegas reached a sad milestone this month—as of March 18, at least 32 people have been killed in crashes within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMP)’s jurisdiction. Six of these deaths occurred over a three-day period from March 13 to 15, with three fatal crashes taking place in a three-hour period on Tuesday, March 15. Police and legislators have… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for March 2022
Although the number of airline crashes in the U.S. has remained very low over the last few decades, there are still dozens of airline-related accidents and injuries each year—some sadly resulting in death. On February 4, 2022, passengers of a Sun Country airplane flying from Las Vegas to Minneapolis experienced a harrowing ordeal when their flight made a hard emergency… Read More »Sun Country Emergency Landing: What Airline Passengers Should Know After a Crash
Drivers in Las Vegas and throughout Nevada began 2021 on a sobering note: in 2021, the number of fatal crashes in Clark County and across the state were up by nearly 20 percent. In 2021, 382 people were killed in 357 fatal accidents, a significant increase from the 324 statewide crash-related deaths in 2020. This marks the fourth-highest number of… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for January 2022
The first 7 months of 2021 were the deadliest in the last 10 years for Las Vegas drivers, passengers, and pedestrians, and unfortunately, the last half of 2021 hasn’t shown much improvement. In December, there were more than a dozen major accidents in Las Vegas, with several of them ending in critical or life-threatening injuries or even death. Below are… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for December 2021
Just a few days into November, Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver WR Henry Ruggs III was arrested for DUI resulting in death following a fiery crash between his Corvette C8 Stingray and a Toyota Rav-4. But sadly, this headline-generating crash wasn’t even close to being the only fatal auto accident in Las Vegas for the month; car crashes are becoming… Read More »Las Vegas Car Accident Report for November 2021