LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Las Vegas Metropolitan Police credit ramped-up traffic enforcement across the Las Vegas Valley with the decrease in fatalities on our roads.
According to the Clark County Department of Traffic Safety, 240 people died in fatal crashes on Valley roads.
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Year-to-date statistics for April 13 show a notable decrease:
- YTD 2025: 68 fatalities
- YTD 2026: 50 fatalities
In September, in a radical effort to decrease fatalities, Sheriff Kevin McMahill and leadership formed the L.I.F.E. Squad: Lives Improved, Fatalities Eliminated. A total of 18 officers,2 cadets, and two sergeants from the patrol division of every area command form the L.I.F.E. Squad.
Every day, based on crash data analysis from the past three years, the team posts at “high collision, high fatality” areas during prime driving times and rush hour.
“The enforcement is centered along the top five causal factors that lead to fatal collisions: running red lights, speeding, [yielding to] right-of-way, pedestrians, and also motorcycles and bicycles. That’s what we’re focusing on: trying to reduce the number of people killed on our roads,” said Captain Jarvis Dudley of LVMPD’s Traffic Bureau.
As of April 7, the L.I.F.E. Squad provided the following statistics from enforcement efforts:
- 28,824 traffic stops
- 32,610 citations
- Towed 1221 vehicles
- 506 arrests
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