Clark County launches safe streets initiative to address rising traffic fatalities
Clark County launches safe streets initiative to address rising traffic fatalities
A new community-driven initiative was launched to improve roadway safety following traffic-related deaths and serious crashes at an all-time high.
State data shows 155 deaths as of May 31, 2025, in Clark County. Slightly down from the 162 deaths reported at the same time last year.
However, that number will increase as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has responded to several traffic fatalities in June.
The department reported 83 deaths as of June 26, compared to 76 around the same time last year.
“This is something that we've been talking about for a while, but it's reached such an epic portion that we've got to really do something different,” Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones said.
Jones was one of several speakers during the Safe Streets for All Action Plan kick-off at the Nevada State Museum.
The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC), with local government partners, law enforcement agencies, and road users, is collaborating to try and improve roadway safety.
This plan aims to seek uniformity among the jurisdictions while emphasizing engineering solutions, according to Andrew Bennett, the director of the Clark County Office of Traffic Safety.
“It's not necessarily, reengineering or reversing the engineering,” Bennett said. “It's about ensuring that every time that we touch a road in our community, that we're right sizing it, we're making sure that that road represents that the land and the use that's around it. So, if we have parks and schools around these roads, that it makes sense that the road that we’re putting in, again, makes sense to be next to that school or park.”
Public feedback is encouraged to help create a safer and more connected Southern Nevada.
