Truck accident statistics for Clark County, Nevada (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Clark County by year

Annual truck accident deaths rose from 19 in 2020 to 27 in 2021, then fell to 26 in 2022 and 21 in 2023. The count rose to 23 in 2024. The highest count was 27 in 2021, and the lowest was 19 in 2020. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The truck accident share of all traffic deaths was 9.7% in 2020, 11.4% in 2021, 10.0% in 2022, 8.0% in 2023 and 7.8% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 195, 236, 259, 262 and 293 in those respective years. The highest truck accident death count and share occurred in 2021; the highest all-traffic death count occurred in 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Clark County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 17 deaths, or 14.7%. People in other vehicles accounted for 63 deaths, or 54.3%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 36 deaths, or 31.0%, during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle. Truck accident deaths therefore include people across these person categories.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

The vehicle count for 2020 through 2024 was 104 large trucks in fatal crashes. Truck-tractors, described as semi or tractor-trailer units, numbered 51 and represented 49.0% of those trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 53. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 96 fatal crashes and 116 truck accident deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks. For readers using the phrase "truck accident lawyer," keep the units separate when reading the table: trucks, crashes and deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) recorded 31 deaths (26.7%); head-on, 18 (15.5%); rear-end, 13 (11.2%); and sideswipe, 2 (1.7%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 52 deaths (44.8%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups truck accident deaths by vehicle count. Single-vehicle crashes accounted for 32 deaths (27.6%), two-vehicle crashes for 58 (50.0%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 26 (22.4%). These configuration shares are separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 40, or 34.5%. The listed route-coded counts were 34 on I-15, 3 on I-215, 2 on I-11 and 1 on I-515. These figures use interstate route coding and a parseable I-route number; the listed routes are a coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 73 deaths (62.9%), and nighttime for 43 (37.1%). Urban locations recorded 90 deaths (77.6%), rural locations 25 (21.6%), and locations with land use not reported 1 (0.9%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 8. Each figure in these breakdowns counts deaths rather than trucks or crashes during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Nevada and the United States

Clark County's truck accident death rate was 1.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Nevada's rate was 1.6, and the national rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than both. These rates use deaths at crash locations, rather than deaths grouped by the home addresses of the people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring county rates were 2.1 for San Bernardino County, California; 5.6 for Mohave County, Arizona; and 8.8 for Nye County, Nevada. Among the listed neighboring counties, Nye had the highest rate and San Bernardino the lowest. Clark County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. This population-based measure does not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

About these figures

FARS is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant dying within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. County counts follow crash location, not where people lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files. The 2024 Annual Report File can change when replaced with the Final File. Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator. Rates express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments for miles driven or visitors.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Mohave County, Arizona (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for San Bernardino County, California (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Nye County, Nevada (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Clark County, Nevada (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)