Nevada
335 lives lost on Nevada roadways in the state's latest year-to-date fatal report
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The latest year-to-date fatal report from the Nevada Department of Public Safety — Office of Traffic Safety shows fatal crashes have gone up across the state by 2.45% compared to last year.
According to the state, the biggest contributing factors to these fatalities are impaired driving and speeding.
As of their Oct. 31 data collection, across the entire state, 335 lives have been lost — with 93 being pedestrians and 51 being unrestrained motorists.
- For Clark County, 80 pedestrian fatalities have been reported up to October 2024. This is a 25% increase from the number of pedestrian fatalities in October 2023, which was 64.
- For Clark County, 31 unrestrained motorist fatalities have been reported up to October 2024. This is a 6.06% decrease from the number of unrestrained motorist fatalities in October 2023, which was 33.
Other statewide fatalities include:
Nevada Department of Public Safety — Office of Traffic Safety
The state is reporting that Clark County comes in with the most fatal traffic crashes at 239 as of October. This is a 14.9% increase for the county compared to the number of fatalities in October 2023 — which was 208.
This data provided by the state is only current as of Oct. 31. We know that the number of fatal crashes in Clark County has already gone up since, as we have reported on several fatal crashes already in the first 10 days of November.
What is being done about this?
Back in October, Channel 13 reported on what the state is doing to combat the increases in traffic fatalities.
WATCH | How the state plans to combat the rise in fatal crashes this year
292 lives lost: How the state plans to combat the rise in fatal crashes this year
The Nevada Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) is a multi-year, multi-agency initiative designed to reduce the number of fatal crashes in Nevada to zero.
SHSP establishes itself as a framework to identify key contributors to fatal crashes that agencies use to create statewide goals and plans such as the “Don’t Kill a Dream” safety campaign.
To learn more about Zero Fatalities Nevada, visit their website by clicking the link here.
Officials are reminding drivers to buckle up and follow the speed limit — and do not get behind the wheel if you are impaired. The cost of a rideshare is better than the cost of legal trouble or a lost life.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t admit it, but a move by President Donald Trump is especially helpful to drivers in California — and Nevada.
Gasoline prices are pressuring consumers around the country. On Friday, the average U.S. price was $4.55 a gallon. In California, that would be a bargain. The average there was $6.16 a gallon. Nevada’s average was $5.23 a gallon, the result of around 88 percent of the state’s gasoline coming from California.
It might be getting worse — regardless of what happens in Iran.
In recent months, two major California refineries have shut down. That represented a 17 percent reduction in California’s refining capacity. Their closures weren’t caused by the Iran war, but by Gov. Newsom and California’s relentless attacks on fossil fuels.
To make up for the fuel it won’t extract or refine in-state, California depends on imports from foreign countries.
“We are importing 30 percent of our crude oil from the Middle East,” Mike Ariza, a former control board supervisor at the Valero Benicia Refinery, said in an interview. He has been warning the public about California’s potential fuel shortage. “There are not very many ships left on the way that have fuel,” he said last month.
Last week, KCRA-TV in Sacramento reported that “about 2 million barrels of oil are in the process of being unloaded in Long Beach off of the last California-bound tanker that got through the Strait of Hormuz.”
At a California legislative hearing Tuesday, Siva Gunda, the vice chairman of the California Energy Commission, said the state has enough gasoline to accommodate demand for the next six weeks. That’s not a very long time, especially given that it takes weeks or months for oil to travel from the Middle East to California. And that process won’t begin until the Strait of Hormuz reopens.
There is a region, however, with abundant oil available for sale and safe passage — the southeastern United States. Unfortunately, the Jones Act, an antiquated 1920 law, mandates that only U.S.-flagged ships may move cargo between U.S. ports. But only 55 of the more than 7,000 oil tankers worldwide comply with this requirement.
This is where Mr. Trump rode to the rescue. Late last month, the White House announced Mr. Trump would suspend the Jones Act for another 90 days. In March, he originally waived it for 60 days. This will make it easier for California and Nevada to obtain domestic product.
If only Mr. Trump could also suspend the destructive energy policies imposed by Gov. Newsom and California Democrats.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — An adoptable pet is in the spotlight for “Furever Home Friday,” with Amy from the Nevada SPCA featured in a segment highlighting an animal available for adoption today.
The Nevada SPCA encouraged viewers looking to add a pet to their family to consider adopting.
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