LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Clark County College District is strongly urging mother and father to speak to their youngsters about maintaining their eyes on the highway because the variety of collisions in the course of the present faculty yr involving college students and automobiles eclipses final yr’s complete.
The message comes after the district revealed on Wednesday that 142 juveniles have been hit by automobiles in class zones because the begin of the present faculty yr on Aug. 11.
These numbers are from CCSD Police and different native police division businesses, together with the Las Vegas Metro Police Division.
In accordance with the district, the information consists of 18-year-olds and underneath Clark County youngsters who have been concerned in a visitors collision Monday by means of Friday from 6 a.m. to six p.m. Non-public faculty college students are additionally included within the knowledge.
CCSD outlined a number of the explanation why the numbers elevated within the 2025-2026 faculty yr.
The primary, jurisdictions all through the county are doing a greater job of sharing details about juveniles concerned in visitors collisions.
The opposite causes contain e-bikes and e-scooters. In accordance with CCSD, about 35% of the entire collisions contain e-bikes and e-scooters.
“Parents are strongly urged to talk to their child about the safety of using these modes of transportation,” the district stated.
Lastly, another excuse for the spike in collisions is college students being distracted on the time of the collision.
About half of the crash investigations point out that the collision was attributable to pedestrian error, in response to CCSD.
The district is strongly urging mother and father to speak to their youngsters about maintaining their eyes on the highway when they’re strolling or biking to or from faculty. Additionally they ask drivers to decelerate in class zones.
From some perspective, there have been 120 reported incidents within the 2024-2025 faculty yr involving youngsters in visitors collisions.
