LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada had one of many highest pedestrian fatality charges within the nation in 2024, knowledge exhibits. However preliminary 2025 knowledge exhibits these numbers may go down.
In 2024, drivers hit and killed 7,148 folks strolling in the US, in keeping with the Governors Freeway Security Affiliation. That quantity is sufficient to fill greater than 30 Boeing 737 jets at most capability.
Total, that is a 4.3% lower from 2023, however it’s nonetheless almost 20% larger than the 2016 numbers (5,997 pedestrian deaths), knowledge exhibits.
Nationally, in 2024, the typical was 2.1 pedestrian deaths per 100,000 folks. In Nevada, that quantity was 3.46 deaths per 100,000, with 113 deaths reported.
The map under exhibits the fatality price for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Nevada ranked at quantity 4 for the best pedestrian fatality price, falling after New Mexico (4.41), Arizona (3.60), and Mississippi (3.53).
North Dakota (0.63), Idaho (0.70), Wyoming (0.85), New Hampshire (0.85), and Montana (0.88) confirmed the bottom charges.
In half of the states throughout the nation, the pedestrian fatality price fell between 2023 and 2024, however 22 states nonetheless noticed a rise, together with Nevada. Solely the District of Columbia, Kansas, Maryland, and Rhode Island noticed no change.
Nevada’s numbers have been steadily rising since 2019, the information under exhibits.
12 months:201920202021202220232024# of Pedestrian Deaths:69828489110113Data taken from the Governors Freeway Security Affiliation Pedestrian Site visitors Fatalities 2024 Preliminary Knowledge report
Of the 113 pedestrian deaths reported in Nevada in 2024, 96 of them had been in Clark County, with a further 13 occurring in Washoe County, the place Reno is positioned.
Nevertheless, preliminary knowledge from the primary six months of 2025 present the state is on monitor for a lower, in keeping with Zero Fatalities Nevada. As of June 30, 2025, solely 50 pedestrian deaths have been recorded throughout the state, 44 of these in Clark County, in comparison with 62 on June 30, 2024.
That is almost a 20 % lower.
In whole, there have been 419 fatalities throughout the state in 2024, together with car occupants, pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorcyclists. As of June 30, there have been 194 in 2025.
