Fatal Crashes Only
This report covers fatal crashes only, from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System — the federal census of every crash on a US public road that killed someone within 30 days. It does not include injury or property-damage-only crashes, and its totals are not comparable with the all-severity crash reports published elsewhere on this site.
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YEAR-OVER-YEAR CRASH REPORT · NEVADA · SEPTEMBER 2023
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Monthly Traffic Safety Analysis
32 CRASHES IN
NEVADA
SEPTEMBER 2023
In September 2023, there were 32 fatal crashes, consistent with the 32 fatal crashes in September 2022. However, fatalities increased by 3.03% from 33 to 34, and injuries rose by 47.62% from 21 to 31. The most notable year-over-year shift was a 166.67% increase in hit-and-run fatal crashes, rising from 3 to 8.
32
Total Crash Events
34
▲ 3.0%was 33
Persons Killed
31
▲ 47.6%was 21
Persons Injured
8
▲ 166.7%was 3
Hit-and-Run Crashes
Note: "Persons Killed" (34) counts individual fatalities across all crash events. "Fatal" in the severity table below (32) counts crash events where at least one fatality occurred. A single crash can result in multiple fatalities.
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Aggregate counts from crash, person, and vehicle records
Trend Summary
The number of fatal crashes remained stable year-over-year, with 32 recorded in both September 2022 and September 2023. However, total fatalities increased by 3.03% from 33 to 34, and total injuries saw a significant rise of 47.62%, from 21 to 31. This indicates a slight increase in the severity of outcomes per fatal crash.
8
Hit-and-Run Crashes — September 2023
▲ 166.7% vs prior (3)
Hit-and-run fatal crashes saw a substantial increase, rising from 3 in September 2022 to 8 in September 2023. This represents a 166.67% increase year-over-year. Consequently, the hit-and-run rate among fatal crashes rose from 9.4% to 25% during this period.
Vulnerable Road User Casualties
11
Pedestrians Killed
2
Cyclists Killed
21
Motorists Killed
1
Pedestrians Injured
0
Cyclists Injured
30
Motorists Injured
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Mode classified from person records (driver/passenger → motorist; pedestrian; bicyclist → cyclist; in-line skater / unspecified → other)
When Crashes Happen
The temporal patterns for fatal crashes shifted between the two periods. The peak day for fatal crashes moved from Friday with 8 crashes in September 2022 to Tuesday with 8 crashes in September 2023. Similarly, the peak hour for fatal crashes shifted from 4 PM with 4 crashes in the prior period to 7 PM with 4 crashes in the current period.
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash date field aggregated by weekday
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash time field aggregated by hour (0-23)
Road & Environmental Conditions
Fatal crashes occurring in clear weather conditions slightly increased from 27 in September 2022 to 29 in September 2023, while those in cloudy conditions decreased from 4 to 2. A notable shift in lighting conditions shows daylight crashes decreased from 18 to 13, whereas crashes in 'Dark - Lighted' conditions more than doubled from 6 to 13. There was no data for road surface conditions for either period.
Weather
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Weather condition at time of crash
Lighting
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Lighting condition field
Vehicles & Demographics
Top Vehicle Makes (47 vehicles)
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Vehicle unit records
5 persons with unknown or unrecorded age excluded from age chart.
Sex Distribution (71 persons with recorded sex)
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Speed Limit Zones
Fatal crashes at 35 mph decreased from 6 in September 2022 to 4 in September 2023, and those at 45 mph decreased from 14 to 8. Conversely, crashes at 70 mph increased from 1 to 3. Additionally, crashes at 25 mph (4), 40 mph (1), and 55 mph (2) were recorded in the current period but not the prior, while crashes at 65 mph (7) in the prior period were not present in the current data.
Fatal crashes by zone: 25 mph: 4 of 4 (100%) · 35 mph: 4 of 4 (100%) · 40 mph: 1 of 1 (100%) · 45 mph: 8 of 8 (100%) · 55 mph: 2 of 2 (100%) · 70 mph: 3 of 3 (100%)
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Posted speed limit at crash location
Manner of Collision
The dominant manner of collision in both periods was 'The First Harmful Event was Not a Collision with a Motor Vehicle in Transport', increasing from 18 crashes (56.3%) in September 2022 to 20 crashes (62.5%) in September 2023. Angle collisions decreased from 10 to 7, while front-to-front collisions slightly increased from 2 to 3. 'Sideswipe - Same Direction' collisions, present in the prior period, were replaced by 'Front-to-Rear' collisions in the current period.
Manner of Collision
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Vehicle Type
The leading vehicle body type involved in fatal crashes in September 2023 was 4-door sedans with 11 vehicles, a decrease from 13 in the prior year. Two Wheel Motorcycles saw a significant decrease from 10 to 6, and Light Pickups also dropped from 10 to 5. Conversely, Compact Utility vehicles increased from 5 to 7.
Vehicle Type
Showing top 9 of 14 reported. 5 additional (5 total) not shown: Unknown body type, Truck-tractor (Cab only, or with any number of trailing unit; any weight), Medium/heavy Pickup (GVWR greater than 10,000 lbs.), 5-door/4-door hatchback, Single-unit straight truck or Cab-Chassis (GVWR range 19,501 to 26,000 lbs.).
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Vehicle unit records
Rural vs Urban
Fatal crashes in urban areas increased from 25 in September 2022 to 27 in September 2023. Conversely, fatal crashes in rural areas decreased from 7 to 4. The share of fatal crashes occurring on rural trafficways declined from 21.9% to 12.5% year-over-year.
Rural vs Urban
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Roadway Functional Class
Minor Arterial roadways continued to account for a significant number of fatal crashes, though decreasing from 15 in September 2022 to 13 in September 2023. Crashes on Principal Arterial roads (Other Principal Arterial and Other Freeways and Expressways combined) increased from 8 to 12. Minor Collector roads saw an increase from 2 to 5 fatal crashes, while Interstate and Local roads, each with 3 crashes in the prior period, were not represented in the current period's data.
Roadway Functional Class
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Roadway Ownership
Fatal crashes on State Highway Agency-owned roads decreased from 19 in September 2022 to 16 in September 2023. City or Municipal Highway Agency-owned roads also saw a slight decrease from 8 to 7 crashes. In contrast, County Highway Agency-owned roads experienced an increase in fatal crashes from 5 to 7.
Roadway Ownership
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Person Type
The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes remained relatively stable, decreasing slightly from 48 to 47. Passengers increased from 13 to 15, and pedestrians involved in fatal crashes more than doubled from 5 to 12. Bicyclists remained constant with 2 individuals involved in both periods.
Person Type
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Person Injury Severity
The number of persons sustaining fatal injuries increased from 33 in September 2022 to 34 in September 2023. Persons with serious injuries (A) saw a notable increase from 1 to 5, and minor injuries (B) rose from 7 to 13. Conversely, the number of uninjured persons (O) decreased from 16 to 11.
Person Injury Severity
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Occupant Safety Equipment
The use of shoulder and lap belts in fatal crashes increased from 31 persons in September 2022 to 34 persons in September 2023. Notably, the number of persons reported as having 'None Used/Not Applicable' safety equipment decreased from 18 to 13. However, the count of safety equipment reported as 'Unknown' increased from 6 to 11.
Occupant Safety Equipment
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Person-level records linked to crash events
Point of Impact
The dominant point of impact was the '12 Clock Point' (front impact), which increased from 24 instances in September 2022 to 27 in September 2023. Non-collision impacts also increased from 1 to 3. Impacts at the '3 Clock Point' increased from 6 to 7, while impacts at the '1 Clock Point' decreased from 5 to 2.
Point of Impact
"Other" combines 1 smaller categories (1 records): 11 Clock Point (1).
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Vehicle unit records
Vehicles Per Crash
Single-vehicle fatal crashes increased from 15 in September 2022 to 17 in September 2023. Conversely, two-vehicle fatal crashes decreased from 16 to 12. The number of three-vehicle crashes remained stable at 1, while four-vehicle crashes, not present in the prior period, accounted for 2 crashes in the current period.
Vehicles Per Crash
Source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · Federal fatal-crash census · 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30 · Crash-level records
Data Sources & Methodology
Primary Data Source
All crash data in this report is sourced from NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes), accessed programmatically via the NHTSA FARS Open Data API (SODA). This dataset contains official police-reported motor vehicle traffic crash records maintained by the reporting jurisdiction's law enforcement agency. Records are published to the open data portal by the municipality and are subject to the portal's terms of use.
Data Retrieval
- Access method: NHTSA FARS Open Data API (SoQL queries)
- Data format: Structured JSON via REST API
- Record types queried: Crash events, person records, and vehicle unit records
- Date filter applied: 2023-09-01 through 2023-09-30
- Report generated: August 5, 2026
Data Coverage
- Reporting period: 2023-09-01 through 2023-09-30 (30 days)
- Geographic scope: Nevada
- Total crash records analyzed: 32
- Total persons involved: 76
- Total vehicles involved: 47
Analytical Methodology
- Severity classification: Uses the KABCO injury scale (K=Fatal, A=Incapacitating injury, B=Non-incapacitating injury, C=Possible injury, O=No injury/property damage only), the standard classification in U.S. Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC). Severity is assigned per crash event based on the most severe injury in that crash. A single fatal crash (K) may involve multiple fatalities; therefore the "Persons Killed" count in the headline KPIs may differ from the "Fatal" crash count in the severity breakdown.
- Contributing factors: Reflect the officer-determined primary contributory cause recorded at the time of the crash report. These are preliminary determinations and may not reflect final investigation findings.
- Hit-and-run classification: Based on the hit-and-run indicator field in the official crash report, as determined by the responding officer at the scene.
- Temporal analysis: Day-of-week and hour-of-day distributions are computed from the crash date/time timestamp in each record.
- Demographics: Age and sex distributions are drawn from person-level records linked to each crash event. A single crash may involve multiple persons.
- Vehicle data: Make information is drawn from vehicle unit records linked to each crash event.
- AI commentary: Narrative sections are generated by Google Gemini (large language model) based on the structured data. Commentary is descriptive, not predictive, and should not be interpreted as expert opinion.
Limitations & Disclaimers
- Only crashes reported to and documented by law enforcement are included. Minor incidents, unreported crashes, and near-misses are not captured in this dataset.
- Data reflects conditions at the time of the initial police report and may be subject to subsequent corrections, reclassifications, or supplements by the reporting agency.
- Open data portal records may experience a publication lag - recently occurring crashes may not yet appear in the dataset at the time of report generation.
- AI-generated commentary is produced by a large language model and is intended to highlight patterns in the data. It does not constitute legal, medical, or professional analysis.
- Percentages are calculated from reported data and are subject to rounding.
Non-Affiliation Disclosure
This report is produced independently by ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in partnership with any law enforcement agency, municipal government, state department of transportation, or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Data is sourced from publicly available government open data portals.
Data License
The underlying crash data is provided under the municipality's Open Data Terms of Use and is made available to the public for unrestricted use. This analysis and report is © 2026 Injuria.ai and may be cited with attribution using the suggested citation below.
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Suggested Citation
ThatCarHitMe.com (Injuria.ai). "Nevada Crash Intelligence Report: September 2023." Published August 5, 2026. Reporting period: 2023-09-01 to 2023-09-30. Data source: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes), NHTSA FARS Open Data. Available at: https://thatcarhitme.com/crash-data/nevada/fatal/statewide/september-2023-report
About the Publisher
ThatCarHitMe.com is a crash data intelligence platform developed by Injuria.ai, a legal technology company specializing in traffic safety analytics. We aggregate and analyze publicly available government crash data to produce structured intelligence reports for communities, researchers, journalists, and legal professionals. Our reports combine programmatic data retrieval from official open data portals with AI-assisted narrative analysis.
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Crash Data Intelligence
Data: NHTSA FARS (Fatal Crashes) · NHTSA FARS
Period: 2023-09-01 – 2023-09-30
Generated: August 5, 2026 · All rights reserved
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