<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2GWFxu_1GxxSR6300" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2GWFxu_1GxxSR6300" width="1200" height="600" ><p>LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A new state report shows 299 people have died on Nevada roads in 2026, down 4.78% from the same period last year.</p><p>The Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety released its monthly fatal report. The report covers Jan. 1 through Oct. 31. It lists 277 fatal crashes, down 6.42% from 296 during the same period in 2025. Fatalities in the 2025 period totaled 314.</p><h2>Pedestrian, motorcyclist and bicyclist deaths</h2><p>The 299 deaths include 84 pedestrians. The report lists 80 pedestrian deaths during the same period in 2025, a 5% increase.</p><p>Motorcyclist deaths totaled 64, down 9.86% from 71. Bicyclist deaths totaled 7, down 50% from 14. </p><p>Deaths of people on scooters, mopeds, ATVs or other motorized vehicles totaled 5, up from 3.</p><h2>Unrestrained vehicle occupants</h2><p>The report connected 54 deaths to unrestrained drivers and passengers in motor vehicles. That is down 5.26% from 57 in the same period last year.</p><p>Vehicle occupant deaths totaled 139, down 4.79% from 146.</p><p>Officials identified impairment and speeding as the top contributing factors.</p><h2>County totals</h2><p>Clark County had 175 deaths, down 12.06% from 199. Washoe County had 37 deaths, down 26% from 50.</p><p>Deaths rose in several other counties:</p><ul><li>Lyon County: 17, up from 6</li><li>Nye County: 16, up from 5</li><li>Elko County: 15, up from 11</li><li>Churchill County: 7, up from 5</li></ul><p>Carson City had 4 deaths, the same as the same period in 2025.</p><h2>Monthly totals</h2><p>Monthly fatalities in 2026 ranged from 24 in March to 34 in July and September. Deaths were lower than the same month in 2025 in January, February, March, April and June. They were the same in August.</p><p>Deaths were higher than the same month in 2025 in May (31 vs. 28), July (34 vs. 30), September (34 vs. 27) and October (33 vs. 26).</p><p>The data is preliminary. The report says 2026 data is not final until the Fatality Analysis Reporting System release in 2028. It says 2025 data is not final until the release in 2027.</p></div></body>

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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A new state report shows 299 people have died on Nevada roads in 2026, down 4.78% from the same period last year. The Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Office of Traffic Safety released its monthly fatal report. The report covers Jan. 1 through Oct. 31. It lists 277 fatal crashes, down 6.42% from 296 during the same period in 2025. Fatalities in the 2025 period totaled 314.

Nevada traffic deaths decrease so far since end of October 2026, state report says

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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A new state report shows 299 people have died on Nevada roads in 2026, down 4.78% from the same period last year. The Nevada Department 

Nevada traffic deaths decrease so far since end of October 2026, state report says

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