Counties in Nevada by traffic fatalities

Clark County had the highest traffic fatalities of 17 counties in 2015, at 210. Pershing County had the lowest, at 1. The median was 5 and the figure for Nevada was 326. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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Highest210Clark County
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Nevada326History

Map of counties, 2015

Churchill County: 5 countClark County: 210 countDouglas County: 7 countElko County: 12 countEsmeralda County: 5 countEureka County: 4 countHumboldt County: 8 countLander County: 5 countLincoln County: 4 countLyon County: 7 countMineral County: 2 countNye County: 11 countPershing County: 1 countStorey County: 2 countWashoe County: 37 countWhite Pine County: 4 countCarson City: 2 count
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count, 2015. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2015

Clark County: 210 countClark County210Washoe County: 37 countWashoe County37Elko County: 12 countElko County12Nye County: 11 countNye County11Humboldt County: 8 countHumboldt County8Douglas County: 7 countDouglas County7Lyon County: 7 countLyon County7Churchill County: 5 countChurchill County5Esmeralda County: 5 countEsmeralda County5Lander County: 5 countLander County5Eureka County: 4 countEureka County4Lincoln County: 4 countLincoln County4White Pine County: 4 countWhite Pine County4Carson City: 2 countCarson City2Mineral County: 2 countMineral County2Storey County: 2 countStorey County2Pershing County: 1 countPershing County1Clark County: 210 countClark County210Washoe County: 37 countWashoe County37Elko County: 12 countElko County12Nye County: 11 countNye County11Humboldt County: 8 countHumboldt County8Douglas County: 7 countDouglas County7Lyon County: 7 countLyon County7Churchill County: 5 countChurchill County5Esmeralda County: 5 countEsmeralda County5Lander County: 5 countLander County5Eureka County: 4 countEureka County4Lincoln County: 4 countLincoln County4White Pine County: 4 countWhite Pine County4Carson City: 2 countCarson City2Mineral County: 2 countMineral County2Storey County: 2 countStorey County2Pershing County: 1 countPershing County1
count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
count
Change on 2014
1Clark County210+20.7%
2Washoe County37-2.6%
3Elko County12-7.7%
4Nye County11-8.3%
5Humboldt County8-20%
6Douglas County7+133.3%
6Lyon County7-41.7%
8Churchill County5+25%
8Esmeralda County5+66.7%
8Lander County5+66.7%
11Eureka County4-20%
11Lincoln County4+33.3%
11White Pine County4n/a
14Carson City2-60%
14Mineral County2n/a
14Storey County20%
17Pershing County1-75%

Other periods

About this ranking

People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.

A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in Nevada by traffic fatalities, 2015) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip

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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Nevada by traffic fatalities, 2015. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/nevada-counties?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in Nevada by traffic fatalities, 2015. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/nevada-counties?period=2015.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in Nevada by traffic fatalities, 2015 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2015/National/FARS2015NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/nevada-counties?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Clark County, with 210 in 2015, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Pershing County, with 1 in 2015.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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