How often are motorcyclists hurt or killed on Clark County roads?

Last updated October 8, 2026.

Nevada's official counts show 59 motorcyclists killed on Clark County roads in 2025 and 62 in 2024. From 2019 through 2025, the yearly count ranged from 32 to 62, and Clark County riders made up most of Nevada's motorcyclist deaths in every one of those years.

The state does not publish a county count of injured riders in these reports. Statewide, Nevada's 2026 to 2030 safety plan counts 1,394 deaths and serious injuries in motorcycle crashes from 2019 to 2023. If you or someone in your family was hurt, these numbers explain the risk, but your Las Vegas motorcycle accident claim still turns on the facts of your own crash.

How are the numbers collected, step by step?

Knowing where a number comes from helps you judge how much weight it can carry. In Nevada, a traffic death moves through several hands before it becomes a final federal figure.

An officer documents the crash. In the Las Vegas Valley that is usually the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Henderson or North Las Vegas police, or the Nevada State Police Highway Patrol on the freeways. Their report is also the document you request for your own claim, as explained in how to get a Las Vegas crash report.
The Office of Traffic Safety counts the death. The Nevada Office of Traffic Safety compiles a State Fatal Report by county and by road user: vehicle occupants, pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists and riders of scooters, mopeds and ATVs. The report says it is distributed by the 7th of each month.
The count is updated as records arrive. Each monthly report is a point-in-time comparison. Recent figures are preliminary and may not yet include final reports, coroner findings or toxicology, so a year's total can shift by a few deaths in later reports.
The federal database makes it final. The state report says 2025 data is not final until the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) release in 2027.
The state analyzes five-year patterns. Nevada's Crash Facts report uses final FARS data for its trend analysis. The June 2026 edition covers 2020 to 2024.
Serious injuries come from a separate source. The state safety plan draws serious injury figures from officer-reported crash data in the Nevada Department of Transportation crash database, not from FARS, which counts deaths only.

Motorcyclists killed in Clark County, year by year

The table below uses the latest year-end figure the Office of Traffic Safety published for each year. Totals for 2024 and 2025 are still preliminary.

Year	Motorcyclists killed in Clark County	All traffic deaths in Clark County	Motorcyclists' share of county deaths	Motorcyclists killed statewide
2019	32	185	17%	52
2020	38	193	20%	60
2021	60	236	25%	84
2022	57	258	22%	86
2023	50	258	19%	64
2024	62	296	21%	83
2025	59	235	25%	83
January to August 2026	37 (43 in the same months of 2025)	127 (169 in the same months of 2025)	29%	53 (61 in the same months of 2025)

Two things stand out. First, total traffic deaths in Clark County fell by about a fifth from 2024 to 2025, but motorcyclist deaths barely moved, so riders became a larger share of the people killed. Second, Clark County accounted for roughly 62 to 78 percent of Nevada's motorcyclist deaths in each year shown.

What the five-year data says about how riders die

The Crash Facts report does not break its motorcycle analysis down by county, but it says Clark County had the most fatal motorcycle crashes in Nevada from 2020 to 2024. Statewide over those five years, it counts 399 motorcyclist deaths in 388 fatal crashes, and 81 percent of those crashes happened on urban roads.

Type of fatal motorcycle crash, Nevada, 2020 to 2024	Fatal crashes	Share
Angle (one vehicle crossing another's path)	166	43%
Single vehicle, hit a fixed object	100	26%
Single vehicle, rollover or overturn	59	15%
Rear-end	25	6%
Head-on	16	4%

The most common first event in those crashes was a collision with a moving vehicle, at 59 percent. That fits the crash riders describe most often, a driver turning across the rider's path, which is covered in who is at fault when a car turns left in front of a motorcycle. Curbs were the first thing struck in 13 percent of crashes, and road conditions behind single-vehicle crashes are discussed in road hazard motorcycle crash claims.

Timing follows a pattern too. Statewide, 22 percent of fatal motorcycle crashes happened between 6:00 and 8:59 p.m., Saturday was the most common day, and June and October had the most crashes. Men aged 21 to 35 were the largest group of riders and passengers killed.

The data shows what kind of crash happened, not why a driver made the mistake. The everyday driver errors behind valley collisions are discussed in our post on common causes of auto accidents in Las Vegas.

What changes the answer

Which report you read. Preliminary state counts and final federal counts differ. Adding up the state's year-end reports gives 377 motorcyclist deaths statewide for 2020 to 2024, while the Crash Facts report, using FARS, counts 399. FARS also counts mopeds, motor scooters and three-wheel vehicles in its motorcycle category, while the state report lists scooters and mopeds separately.

How e-bikes are counted. The Crash Facts report says that before 2022, FARS classified e-bikes as motorcycles. Since then they count as bicycles, and the state's own definition of a bicyclist now includes electric bikes. Nevada law defines an electric bicycle separately from a motorcycle (NRS 484B.017). For riders of e-bikes, see whether the same rules apply on an e-bike or e-scooter. Cyclists have their own page on the county's bicycle crash figures.

Helmet use. Nevada requires helmets for every rider and passenger (NRS 486.231). Statewide, the Crash Facts report counts 36 unhelmeted motorcyclist deaths from 2020 to 2024 and says Clark County had the most of those crashes. An insurer may still raise helmet use in a claim, as explained in how the helmet law affects an injury claim.

Who caused your crash. Statistics never set fault. Nevada compares what each person actually did and reduces a rider's award only by the rider's own share (NRS 41.141(1), (2)).

Whether the data can be used in court. The Crash Facts report prints a federal notice, 23 U.S.C. section 409, stating that reports and data compiled to plan safety improvements at specific locations may not be discovered or admitted as evidence in a damages case about a crash at those locations. Evidence from your own crash does the work instead.

For example: a rider's family reads the numbers

Imagine a hypothetical rider named Theo who is hit on a weekday evening when a driver turns left across his lane at a signal in Las Vegas. Theo survives with a broken pelvis and a wrist injury. His sister searches online and finds that most fatal motorcycle crashes in Nevada are angle crashes and that evening hours are the most dangerous.

When the driver's insurer calls, the adjuster says that riding in the evening is "risky" and suggests Theo shares the blame. Theo's family points to the statistics in response. Neither side's general numbers settle anything.

What matters is the crash report, the signal timing, photos of the scene, the damage to the bike and the car, and any witness or video. If the evidence shows the driver failed to yield on a left turn (NRS 484B.253), the time of day does not shift fault to Theo. If Theo was speeding or riding between lanes (NRS 486.351), that could reduce his award under NRS 41.141.

The statistics still help Theo's family in one way: they explain why the adjuster's questions focus on speed, lighting and gear. Knowing that, Theo keeps his gear, gets his records and avoids guessing in a recorded statement. This example is invented to show how data and evidence fit together; it is not a real case.

Common mistakes when reading crash statistics

Treating a statewide figure as a county figure. The five-year crash type and timing numbers are for all of Nevada. Only the yearly counts in the first table are for Clark County.
Comparing a preliminary count with a final one. A 2025 figure from an April 2026 report may change before the federal release in 2027.
Assuming the numbers prove fault. They describe patterns across hundreds of crashes, not what happened in yours.
Reading "deaths" as "all crashes." These reports count people killed. Riders hurt but not killed are counted separately and only statewide.
Forgetting that e-bikes moved categories. A change in how e-bikes were classified around 2022 affects comparisons across years.

What to do this week

If you were hurt, or you lost a family member in a motorcycle crash, the statistics can wait. These steps protect the claim.

Request the crash report from the agency that responded, and note the report number.
Store the bike, helmet and riding gear unrepaired; our list of evidence to keep after a motorcycle crash covers the rest.
Write down the time, lighting, weather and traffic signal as you remember them.
Find your insurance declarations page and look for uninsured, underinsured and medical payments coverage.
Mark the 2-year injury and wrongful death deadline on a calendar (NRS 11.190(4)(e)).
Read what happens after a motorcycle crash in Las Vegas for the full sequence of steps.

Frequently asked questions

Are motorcycle deaths going down in Clark County in 2026?

So far, slightly. The state's August 2026 report counts 37 motorcyclists killed in Clark County from January through August 2026, compared with 43 in the same months of 2025. Those figures are preliminary and the year is not over.

How does Clark County compare with Reno and Washoe County?

Clark County has far more rider deaths. The state's report for 2025 lists 59 motorcyclists killed in Clark County and 13 in Washoe County.

Where can I check these numbers myself?

The Zero Fatalities Nevada data page posts the monthly State Fatal Reports, the Crash Facts report and the state safety plan as PDFs. The Office of Traffic Safety also points readers to the Nevada Fatal Crash Dashboard for more detail.

Does the county publish crash numbers for individual intersections?

The state reports used here do not list motorcycle deaths by intersection. The Crash Facts report includes valley maps of fatal crashes, and our post on dangerous intersections for drivers in Las Vegas discusses busy crossings in general.

Can these statistics be used to prove my case?

Generally they explain risk rather than prove what happened. The federal notice printed in the Crash Facts report limits the use of location-based safety data in damages cases. Your own report, photos, witnesses and medical records carry the claim.

What if the rider who died was my family member?

Nevada allows heirs and the estate to bring a wrongful death claim, generally within 2 years (NRS 41.085; NRS 11.190(4)(e)). The steps are explained in wrongful death claims after a fatal crash in Nevada.

Behind every number on this page is a rider and a family. If you were hurt in a motorcycle crash in Clark County, or lost someone in one, you can talk with attorney Maysoun Fletcher about what happened. Call 702-333-6339 for a free consultation. For the agencies and courts that serve the whole county, see our Clark County accident page.