DATE OF REPORT: 01/06/2021

DATA AS OF: 12/31/2020

TO: PUBLIC SAFETY, DIRECTOR NDOT, HIGHWAY SAFETY COORDINATOR, NDOT TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, FHWA, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
FROM: THE OFFICE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, STATE FATAL DATA
PREPARED BY: AMANDA BRANDENBURG FARS ANALYST
SUBJECT: FATALITIES BY COUNTY, PERSON TYPE, DAY, MONTH, YEAR AND PERCENT CHANGE.

2019 2020 % 2019 2020 %

Month Month
Crashes Crashes Change Fatals Fatals Change
JAN 22 25 13.64% JAN 24 25 4.17%
FEB 18 22 22.22% FEB 18 26 44.44%
MAR 23 14 -39.13% MAR 23 14 -39.13%
APR 23 25 8.70% APR 23 28 21.74%
MAY 27 15 -44.44% MAY 27 15 -44.44%
JUN 19 27 42.11% JUN 19 28 47.37%
JUL 22 21 -4.55% JUL 23 23 0.00%
AUG 24 29 20.83% AUG 25 34 36.00%
SEP 26 31 19.23% SEP 30 33 10.00%
OCT 21 28 33.33% OCT 21 28 33.33%
NOV 27 30 11.11% NOV 31 30 -3.23%
DEC 33 24 -27.27% DEC 40 30 -25.00%
Reporting Reporting
Period Total 285 291 2.11% Period Total 304 314 3.29%
Total 285 Total 304

KNOWN FATAL COMPARISON BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020.

2019 2020 % 2019 2020 % 2019 2020 % 2019 2020 %

COUNTY
Crashes Crashes Change Fatalities Fatalities Change Occupants Occupants Change Unrestrained Unrestrained Change

CARSON 5 3 -40.00% 5 3 -40.00% 3 0 -100.00% 1 0 -100.00%

CHURCHILL 5 8 60.00% 5 8 60.00% 5 5 0.00% 1 3 200.00%
CLARK 174 173 -0.57% 185 186 0.54% 95 79 -16.84% 33 29 -12.12%
DOUGLAS 9 6 -33.33% 9 6 -33.33% 5 4 -20.00% 1 2 100.00%
ELKO 8 9 12.50% 10 15 50.00% 8 13 62.50% 1 6 500.00%
ESMERALDA 3 1 -66.67% 3 2 -33.33% 2 2 0.00% 1 0 -100.00%
EUREKA 6 2 -66.67% 7 2 -71.43% 7 2 -71.43% 1 2 100.00%
HUMBOLDT 4 3 -25.00% 5 3 -40.00% 5 3 -40.00% 1 2 100.00%
LANDER 0 1 100.00% 0 1 100.00% 0 1 100.00% 0 0 0.00%
LINCOLN 5 5 0.00% 5 5 0.00% 5 5 0.00% 3 3 0.00%
LYON 11 8 -27.27% 12 8 -33.33% 9 6 -33.33% 5 3 -40.00%
MINERAL 3 1 -66.67% 3 1 -66.67% 3 1 -66.67% 1 1 0.00%
NYE 10 13 30.00% 12 15 25.00% 9 12 33.33% 1 7 600.00%
PERSHING 2 6 200.00% 3 6 100.00% 3 5 66.67% 3 3 0.00%
STOREY 2 1 -50.00% 2 1 -50.00% 0 1 100.00% 0 1 100.00%
WASHOE 36 50 38.89% 36 51 41.67% 12 24 100.00% 7 10 42.86%
WHITE PINE 2 1 -50.00% 2 1 -50.00% 1 1 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
Reporting
Period Total 285 291 2.11% 304 314 3.29% 172 164 -4.65% 60 72 20.00%

Total 285 304 172 60

KNOWN COMPARISON OF FATALITIES BY PERSON TYPE BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020.

2019 Other 2020 Other

2019 2020 % 2019 2020 % 2019 2020 % %
COUNTY Scooter, Scooter,
Pedestrian Pedestrian Change Motorcyclist Motorcyclist Change Bicyclist Bicyclist Change Change
Moped, ATV Moped, ATV
CARSON 0 1 100.00% 2 1 -50.00% 0 1 100.00% 0 0 0.00%
CHURCHILL 0 3 300.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
CLARK 51 62 21.57% 32 36 12.50% 6 8 33.33% 1 1 0.00%
DOUGLAS 0 0 0.00% 4 2 -50.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
ELKO 1 1 0.00% 0 1 100.00% 0 0 0.00% 1 0 -100.00%
ESMERALDA 0 0 0.00% 1 0 -100.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
EUREKA 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
HUMBOLDT 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
LANDER 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
LINCOLN 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
LYON 2 0 -100.00% 1 2 100.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
MINERAL 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
NYE 0 3 300.00% 2 0 -100.00% 0 1 100.00% 1 0 -100.00%
PERSHING 0 0 0.00% 0 1 100.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
STOREY 1 0 -100.00% 1 0 -100.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
WASHOE 15 13 -13.33% 8 12 50.00% 1 0 -100.00% 0 1 100.00%
WHITE PINE 0 0 0.00% 1 0 -100.00% 0 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
Reporting
70 83 18.57% 52 55 5.77% 7 10 42.86% 3 2 -33.33%
Period Total
Total 70 52 7 3

THIS DATA DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA FIELDS MARKED BY THE OFFICER AS UNKNOWN.
2020 DATA IS PRELIMINARY AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY INCLUDE FINAL REPORTS (FORM 5, CORONER, AND/OR TOXICOLOGY).
2019 DATA IS NOT FINAL UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER 2020.
NOTE: The monthly report will be distributed by the 7th of each month.

Key: Fatalities= Total number of reported fatals (vehicle occupants, pedestrian, motorcyclist, bicyclist, and other).
Vehicle Occupants = Driver and occupant fatalities in a motor vehicle.
Vehicle Unrestrained = Driver and occupant fatalities in a motor vehicle unrestrained.
Pedestrian = Any person on foot, on a personal conveyance, or in a building.
Motorcyclist= A person riding any motor vehicle that has a seat or saddle for the use of its operator and is designed to travel on
not more than three wheels in contact with the ground.
Bicyclist= A person on a non-motorized other road vehicle propelled by pedaling (bicycle, tricycle, unicycle, pedalcar).
Other = A person on a scooter, moped, ATV, or other motorized vehicle not captured above on a roadway.