In The News: Transportation Research Center
Officials cite impaired driving, speeding and pedestrian risks as daylight hours shorten.

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, which is designated by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Keeping students safe on valley roadways continues to be top of mind this school year, and traffic safety advocates are working on a project they think can make a difference and save lives.

Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter–related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries. That’s according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.

Between 2017 and 2024, emergency departments nationwide treated an estimated 380,000 e-scooter–related injuries and 155,200 e-bike injuries. That’s according to data published in the latest Traffic Research and Education Newsletter from the Traffic Safety Research Group at the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV. It documents the growing number of e-micromobility-related accidents in Nevada between 2021 and 2025.

Waymo’s current service area stretches a few miles east and west of Interstate 15, reaching as far south as Boulder Junction and as far north as the northern terminal of the Las Vegas Strip.

A line of fur-midable characters made its way to schools in the West Valley Wednesday morning.

Traffic safety leaders joined forces with iconic local mascots Wednesday to send an urgent message to drivers in school zones: “Be kind, be alert, save a life.”

If you saw a mascot while you were dropping your kid off at school Wednesday morning, no, your eyes weren’t deceiving you.

Waymo has started offering autonomous ride-hailing service in Las Vegas to public riders, the company announced today.

As Waymo rolls out driverless cars in Clark County, FOX5 is looking into safety concerns after several thousand cars were recalled this summer.

The number of children struck by vehicles in Clark County so far this school year is on pace with last year’s total, according to data compiled by the Clark County School District Police Department.