Over 100 children have been hit by vehicles in the Las Vegas Valley just since the start of the school year — a number that is more than double the number of kids hit by cars at the start of the school year in both 2024 and 2023.
Law enforcement agencies around Clark County have reported at least 108 crashes involving child pedestrians between the school year’s start on Aug. 11 and Oct. 9.
That’s more than double the 41 reported collisions in the first two months in each of the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years. And it’s almost the same as the total number of children who were struck by vehicles in the entire 2024-2025 school year, which was 120. Of that 120, 57 were Clark County School District students, the school district said, adding that 35 were pedestrians, 11 were riding a bike