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Nevada Dept. of Public Safety releases highway fatality numbers for January 2021

Posted at 7:57 AM, Feb 08, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-08 16:40:45-05

NEVADA (KTNV) — The Nevada Department of Public Safety released its highway fatality numbers for January 2021

The department says 26 lives were lost, including nine pedestrians, and that's up 4% from last January.

The top causes for the crashes were impairment and speeding.

And Nevada Office of Traffic Safety Public Information Officer Andrew Bennett joined 13 Action News on Monday to discuss these numbers.