Traffic Safety

With Nevada Day and the holiday season approaching, the Nevada Highway Patrol will take on impaired driving by participating in Joining Forces Impaired Driving enforcement campaigns.

The Nevada Highway Patrol and other Nevada law enforcement agencies are making plans to keep the Nevada Day Weekend and holiday season safe and joyous on our state roads and highways by emphasizing the dangers of driving while impaired.

One person died early Sunday morning in a two vehicle crash involving a motorist driving the wrong way westbound in the eastbound lane on Interstate 80 at Patrick between Sparks and USA Parkway, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.

The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is joining other Nevada law enforcement agencies to emphasize the importance of safe and sober driving as we approach the Labor Day Holiday weekend.

RENO — The Nevada Highway Patrol Northern Command is partnering with the California Highway Patrol’s San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Divisions to participate in an Interstate 80 Initiative.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation has substantially completed a project to stabilize a roadside slope on U.S. 50 near Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe.

Nevada's two largest counties have seen 29 lives lost since the New Year. Clark County has had 26 pedestrian deaths while Washoe County has had 3 pedestrian deaths. The Nevada Highway Patrol will be Joining Forces with law enforcement statewide from August 6-24, 2018 to enforce pedestrian laws for both drivers and pedestrians.

CARSON CITY — The Nevada Department of Transportation will host public information meetings in July and August to provide updates on corridor selection for the future Interstate 11 connecting the Las Vegas valley and northwestern Nevada.

CARSON CITY — Turn lane closures and lane reductions will take place next week on U.S. 395 at Airport Road in the Carson Valley as part of an ongoing Nevada Department of Transportation project to install a traffic signal and improve other highway intersections.

Senior pranks are a common tradition throughout high schools around the country, and CHS is no exception. This year, CHS Seniors definitely kept the tradition going as could be seen by everyone May 31 and again June 1.

Carson High School graduated about 465 seniors Saturday at its Carson City football stadium.

Under sunny skies and windy conditions with C-Hill serving as a backdrop, members of the CHS Class of 2018 in words and on their mortarboards, praised their parents, families and teachers for believing in them.

This year’s road to the annual Secure Your Load Day, today, Wednesday, June 6 has been paved with success, thanks to nationwide support.

With a 20 percent increase in pedestrian deaths in 2017, Nevada law enforcement officers have stepped up patrol efforts statewide, issuing citations to both motorists and pedestrians who do not obey traffic safety laws.

Muscle Powered: Citizens for a Walkable and Bikeable Carson City announced the “No Zombie Texting” award winners May 16 at The Brewery Arts Center, showcasing winning videos so the public could see the creative endeavors of young video artists from the community.

The Nevada Highway Patrol will be looking for motorists and occupants who are not buckled up while traveling. Troopers, deputies and officers will be stopping drivers for different traffic offenses and issuing citations for seatbelt violations from Tuesday through May 31 across Northern Nevada.

CARSON CITY — Beginning Monday, May 7, single lane closures will be in place on U.S. 50 near Cave Rock at Lake Tahoe as the Nevada Department of Transportation completes roadside slope repairs.

CARSON CITY — A 10-day intersection closure will begin Monday, April 30 on State Route 88 at Centerville Lane in Douglas County as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs a traffic roundabout.

CARSON CITY — Beginning Saturday, April 28, drivers will see changes on the USA Parkway as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs temporary traffic signals near Electric Avenue before construction of a permanent signal begins.

CARSON CITY — Beginning Monday, April 30 through late fall, day and night single lane closures will take place on State Route 28 at Lake Tahoe from the southern end of Incline Village to three miles south of Sand Harbor State Park for construction of a shared use path and water quality and traffic safety improvements.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Daytime single lane closures, followed by a 10-day intersection closure, will begin Monday, April 23 on State Route 88 at Centerville Lane in Douglas County as the Nevada Department of Transportation installs a traffic roundabout.

Beginning this week through April 30, 2018, law enforcement in Carson City and statewide are Joining Forces by issuing citations to pedestrians and motorists who are breaking traffic safety laws.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada Department of Transportation will host public information meetings through Thursday, March 29 to gather feedback on the future Interstate 11 corridor connecting the Las Vegas valley and northwestern Nevada.

Happening now through the end of the month, the Joining Forces law enforcement team throughout Nevada is issuing citations to pedestrians and motorists who are breaking traffic safety laws.

CARSON CITY — Beginning Sunday, March 18, the Nevada Department of Transportation is scheduled to begin overnight single lane closures as part of an ongoing project to install a traffic signal on U.S. 395 at Airport Road and improve other highway intersections in the Carson Valley.

Carson City and Nevada’s law enforcement officers participating in the Joining Forces program will be working to keep the roads safe by watching for drivers exceeding speed limits. This Joining Forces enforcement will take place Friday through March 18.

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of Feb. 5-11, 2018. Road closures are expected at the following locations due to road and utility work. Please follow detours.

On Monday, Feb. 5, the Nevada Department of Transportation will begin preliminary utility work as part of an upcoming project to install a traffic signal on U.S. 395 at Airport Road and improve other highway intersections in the Carson Valley.

Over the next two weeks, Carson City residents can expect to see double or even triple the normal law enforcement presence.

Over the next week, Northern Nevada residents can expect to see double or even triple the normal law enforcement presence.

Fewer traffic fatalities, including pedestrian deaths, were reported in Carson City during 2017, according to data released by the Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, whose statewide numbers showed a decrease in overall traffic deaths but an increase in pedestrian fatalities last year.

CARSON CITY — Dan Solow has been named Lt. Colonel of the Nevada Highway Patrol, the State's Department of Public Safety Director James Wright announced Friday.