LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said six people died in crashes on valley roads this week.
The department called it one of the highest weekly totals since January.
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LVMPD urged drivers to consider how their decisions behind the wheel affect others as they travel through the valley. The department said every trip is an opportunity to help prevent another tragedy.
LVMPD released a traffic fatality report covering Jan. 1, to Oct. 13. The report lists 97 total traffic deaths for that period, broken down by type:
- Pedestrian: 47
- Motorcycle/moped: 24
- Driver: 17
- Passenger: 5
- Electric conveyance: 3
- Bicyclist: 1
The department listed its top causal factors as pedestrian error, failure to yield right of way, and failure to maintain lane.
LVMPD said additional statistics are available at lvmpd.com/stats.
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