NDOT Unveils Plan to Cut Fatal Crashes

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) has a new statewide highway safety plan for reducing fatalities and serious injuries on Nevada roadways. The plan serves as a framework to identify the leading causes of deadly and severe crashes by targeting those risks through data-driven strategies.

State officials say Nevada aims to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes by 35% by 2035. The long-term objective is more ambitious: reaching zero roadway fatalities by 2050.

The goals will utilize five federally required Safety Performance Measures that are reported annually to the Federal Highway Administration. These include the number of fatalities, number of serious injuries, fatality rate, serious injury rate, and the number of non-motorized fatalities and serious injuries.

As part of the effort, drivers may notice more electronic message signs along highways highlighting the dangers of speeding. The signs emphasize how the risk of death increases sharply at higher speeds, noting that traveling over 75 miles per hour increases fatal risk by 76%, speeds over 80 miles per hour raise that risk by 129%, and speeds above 85 miles per hour increase the risk by 191%.