Next year, Clark County officials will look to implement a new program in which they’ll trace where an impaired driver involved in a crash had their last drink. “When you look at DUI enforcement it has to be valley wide because unfortunately, we experience DUI fatalities in every corner of our community,” said Andrew Bennett, director of the county’s office of traffic safety. The fatal count represents 47 percent of all deadly crashes in the Las Vegas Valley, according to data from the Clark County Office of Traffic Safety.Ĭlark County’s number of impaired-related crash fatalities also represents 63 percent of all impaired fatal deaths in the state over that five-year stretch.Ī map of the fatal crashes in Clark County between 20 reveals that the crashes occurred all over the valley, showing it is an area-wide issue. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) driver impairment continuing to be the leading cause of fatal crashes in Clark County, local officials are looking at ways to curb these preventable tragedies.īetween 20, there were 447 fatal crashes on Clark County roads involving impaired drivers, resulting in 486 deaths. It's part of an annual 'Miles of Memories' effort. 2, 2022 to remind drivers to take care along Kyle Canyon Road. She joined the STOP DUI, LVMPD, DUI Victims and other groups posting victim memorial signs on Nov.

Diane Malone of Hollywood, FL., talks about losing daughter Christa Puente in 2018 to a drunk driver.

Drunk drivers killed in 2017