LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — More than 300 students have been struck by cars going to or from school in the 2025-2026 school year, and FOX5 is analyzing the data to see what students are the most vulnerable.
According to the latest data, 338 students have been struck by cars going to or from school; the data tracks students going to or from school, between the hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The data lists the age, mode of transportation and school.
Around 51% of students struck by cars are coming to or from their high schools, the data states.
The maps show “hot spots” where crashes occur. Students attending these schools have had the most crashes along their commutes to or from school:
- 11 students from Cimarron-Memorial High School
- 6 students each from Green Valley High, Legacy High and Faiss Middle
- 5 students each from Canyon Springs High, Liberty High, Johnston STEM
Erin Breen of the UNLV Transportation Research Center and PedSafe Vegas helps FOX5 analyze the data.
“A lot of these high schools and middle schools are on 45-mile-an-hour streets that are lowered to 15 miles an hour for a half an hour before and a half an hour after school. I think that needs to change,” Breen said.
Breen is part of the School Traffic Safety Working Group, set to recommend sweeping changes around schools and school zones for the start of the next school year. The group will come to a consensus for recommendations for school zones Valley wide– or even in local neighborhoods. It’s ultimately up to every jurisdiction and elected officials to approve various recommendations.
Publications teacher Karlana Kulseth sees the vulnerabilities daily around Cimarron-Memorial High, where streets have become increasingly busy as the area sees new growth and development. One of her own students was struck by a car while bicycling home.
“It’s really challenging and it can be dangerous for anyone walking to or from school or trying to get to school… We not only have families dropping off their students, but we also have people who commute down this road. We have just a mix of drivers who just want to go from point A to point B and really not factoring in the students trying to get to and from where they need to be in a safe manner,” Kulseth tells FOX5.
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