Las Vegas, NV (KXNT) – If it seems like you’re hearing more stories about deadly traffic accidents in the Valley, it’s simply because it’s true
Las Vegas Metro Police this week released traffic statistics for the first five months of 2022 and it shows most types of crashes are up compared to 2021 at this time.
So far in 2022, there’s been an 8.1% increase in the number of all traffic accidents over 2021. Metro covers an average of 56 crashes a day.
Deadly crashes are up 12.7% over last year, but deaths due to DUI are down 34.5%. Metro has arrested 16.1% fewer drivers this year for DUI.
Of all the deadly crashes pedestrians have been killed more this year so far. There have been 25 fatal crashes involving pedestrians so far this year compared to 19 in 2022. Motorcycle/moped-related deaths are up 15.4% this year.
Metro says the two main causes for all the crashes are failure to yield and pedestrian error.
While speeding is not the cause of most of the deadly crashes this year, speed-related deadly crashes are up 71.4% compared to last year.