Las Vegas Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

What should I do after a motorcycle accident in Las Vegas?

1. Call 911 if anyone is hurt or the road is blocked. Ask how to get the crash report.
2. See a doctor, even if you said no to an ambulance. Road rash can hide a deeper injury. Head and spine symptoms can show up later.
3. When it is safe, take photos. Get the motorcycle, the other vehicle, your gear, your injuries, and the scene.
4. Get information from the driver and any witnesses: names, phone numbers, insurance company names, and policy numbers.
5. Before you give a recorded statement, find out who is asking. In general, no contract says you must help the other driver's insurer. Many riders say no until they get legal advice. But your own policy usually says you must help your own insurer. A subpoena or other legal process is a different matter.
6. Keep the motorcycle and the gear. An early total-loss offer may leave out custom parts. Do not accept it until you understand the claim.
7. Call Clark Law Group at 702-330-3272 or contact the firm.

What Nevada motorcycle laws affect my claim?

Most of the laws are the same as in any other Nevada personal-injury claim. A few rules for riders come up in almost every case.

Helmets. In general, NRS 486.231 says riders and passengers must wear a helmet. The helmet must meet the standards in the law. The law lists a few exceptions. An insurance company may raise helmet or gear issues. A helmet can reduce some head injuries. But it does not give another driver the right to turn left across your lane.

Lane splitting and lane use. NRS 486.351(1) says you may not ride between cars in lanes next to each other. This is true when traffic is moving or stopped. NRS 486.341 gives a motorcycle the right to use its full lane. Another driver may not take that space away. Neither law decides a claim by itself. Where the rider was at the moment of the crash is a question of fact. Evidence answers it: impact points, photos, and video.

Shared fault. Nevada uses a rule called "modified comparative negligence" with a 51% bar (NRS 41.141). In plain words, fault is split by percent. You can still get money if you were 50% or less at fault. The amount goes down by your percent. If you were more than 50% at fault, the law can stop you from getting any money. An adjuster is the person who handles the claim for the insurance company. An adjuster may write "you were weaving." That is not a small detail. It is a way to push you over the 50% line.

Filing deadline. The legal deadline to file a lawsuit is called the statute of limitations. Under NRS 11.190, many injury lawsuits after a motorcycle crash must be filed within two years. Some cases have different rules, such as claims about a government vehicle or road. Do not wait for the bike to be fixed and the bruises to fade. Claims can expire while you wait.

Insurance minimums. Every Nevada driver must carry liability insurance. NRS 485.3091 sets the lowest limits. These are only minimums. Motorcycle hospital and doctor bills can go past them after one hospital stay. Nevada insurance companies must offer you UM/UIM. That stands for uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. The offer must match the bodily-injury limits they sold you (NRS 687B.145(2)). Your declarations page (the summary page of your policy) shows if you have it. The understanding insurance page explains these terms. The uninsured motorist claims page explains how a claim against your own policy works.

Nevada motorcycle accident claim: key rules

Where do motorcycle crashes happen in Las Vegas?

In Nevada, most serious motorcycle crashes happen in town, not on the open highway. Nevada's 2026 Traffic Safety Crash Facts report uses federal data. The data covers traffic deaths from 2020 to 2024. It found that 399 motorcyclists died on Nevada roads in those five years. It found that 81% of fatal motorcycle crashes were on urban (city) roads. It also found that Clark County reported the most fatal motorcycle crashes in the state.

The Nevada Office of Traffic Safety has a preliminary (early) count for 2025. It shows 59 motorcyclist deaths in Clark County in 2025, compared with 62 in 2024. These two numbers are not final until the federal data comes out.

Las Vegas riders often use a few kinds of roads. Each kind tends to lead to its own kind of claim:

• Las Vegas Boulevard and the resort corridor. Many people on foot, many taxis and rideshare cars, and many stops. Drivers look for driveways, not for motorcycles. If a rideshare driver was involved, see rideshare accidents.
• Wide main streets such as Tropicana, Flamingo, Sahara, Charleston, and Boulder Highway. Many lanes and high speed limits. Left turns across oncoming traffic, with and without a turn arrow.
• I-15, US 95, the Spaghetti Bowl interchange, and the 215 Beltway. Merges, weaving lanes, and lane changes at freeway speed, often near commercial trucks. The truck accident page covers truck records.
• Recreational routes such as Red Rock Canyon's scenic drive, Kyle Canyon Road to Mount Charleston, and the roads through Lake Mead. Curves, gravel, and visitors who do not know the road. On federal land, a federal agency may write the crash report, not local police. That changes where you get the report.

The firm also serves riders in Henderson and North Las Vegas.

What causes most motorcycle accidents?

The same 2020 to 2024 data looks at fatal motorcycle crashes in Nevada. The most common type was the angle crash (43%). In an angle crash, one vehicle hits another from the side. In 59% of these crashes, the first thing that caused harm was hitting another moving vehicle. And 53% happened in daylight. Being easy to see in daylight does not mean a driver looked.

These patterns happen again and again:

• Left turns across the rider's path at an intersection or into a driveway.
• Lane changes and merges without checking mirrors or the blind spot.
• Rear-end crashes at lights and in stop-and-go traffic. A rider has no crumple zone (the part of a car that takes the force of a crash).
• Distracted driving. NRS 484B.165 bans the use of a handheld phone while driving. Phone records can matter if a driver was texting.
• Impaired (drunk or drugged) drivers. See drunk driving accidents for how a DUI can affect the claim.
• Road hazards such as debris, gravel, and potholes. A claim about a bad road can involve a government agency and its own rules.

Some drivers fail to yield. Some fail to signal. Some simply do not look. These are facts about negligence, which means careless driving. They are not about a rider's character. A rider still has duties under Nevada traffic law. Evidence proves those duties. An unfair idea about motorcycles does not.

What injuries are common in motorcycle crashes?

A rider does not have a car's closed body. A rider does not have the same airbags or a car's crush zone. These injuries are more common for riders:

• Road rash and skin grafts
• Open and closed broken bones (fractures), most often legs, wrists, and collarbones
• Shoulder, hip, and knee injuries
• Traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury
• Bleeding inside the body and organ injury
• Face and tooth injuries

Some riders say no to an ambulance because they can still stand. Pain that shows up late does not mean the crash was minor. A doctor visit makes a record. The insurance company will ask for it later. If a rider died, Nevada gives the family separate claims. The wrongful death page explains them.

How much is my motorcycle accident case worth?

No one can responsibly put a number on a claim before reviewing the records, and no web page can. The law calls money for your losses "damages."

What a claim may be worth depends on things like these:

• Medical bills, past and future, such as surgery, therapy, and follow-up care.
• Lost pay and lost ability to earn, most of all for riders who do physical work.
• Pain, suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life. The page on pain and suffering in Nevada explains how Nevada treats these losses.
• Property damage: the motorcycle, custom parts, helmet, and riding gear.
• Your share of fault, if any. It lowers the amount under NRS 41.141.
• Available insurance: the other driver's liability limits, your own UM/UIM coverage, and any other policy that applies.

Clark's published case results include selected legacy amounts. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes. A free consultation is a review of facts, not a promise of a result.

How do insurers treat motorcycle riders after a crash?

Bias against riders is a real problem. Some drivers think all riders are reckless. Some adjusters think so too. They may think the rider was speeding or splitting lanes. They may say the rider was "coming out of nowhere." Nevada law does not use those ideas as the test. Fault is decided under the same shared-fault law used in a car accident claim. But a rider often has to fight a story that started early. It started before anyone measured skid marks or looked at how the other driver turned.

Video can be the fastest way to settle that dispute. It may come from a nearby business, a bus, or a dashcam. Each system keeps video for a different length of time. Some video is erased before a claim is made. So it is worth asking for it in writing early. Once a lawsuit is expected, a duty to keep evidence can also start on its own. NRCP 37(e) covers lost electronic information.

Keep the helmet, riding jacket, gloves, and boots. Do not sell or scrap the motorcycle yet. First, your lawyer and the insurance companies need a chance to inspect it. The gear and the bike can show what really happened. They can answer a later claim that you had no gear. They can also answer a claim that the crash was light.

How can Clark Law Group help after a motorcycle crash?

A consultation is a review of the facts you have. It is not a promise that we will take your case. Bring the crash report and any ticket (citation). Bring photos of the bike, the other vehicle, and your gear. Bring the other driver's insurance details. Bring the declarations page for your motorcycle policy. Bring the one for your household car policy too. Also bring notes on any contact with an adjuster so far. The consultation is free. On personal-injury matters, there is no attorney fee if there is no recovery.

In a motorcycle case, the firm looks for these things:

• The official report and any ticket given to either person
• Photos of the damage to the motorcycle, the other vehicle, and the road
• Whether the other driver was turning, merging, or changing lanes
• The condition of the helmet and gear, which can support or answer injury arguments
• Medical records that link how you were hurt to the crash
• Every policy that may pay. This can include UM/UIM on a motorcycle policy or a household car policy. The declarations page shows what applies.

Counsel can also deal with the insurer so you are not repeating the crash story on a recorded line.

C. Jared Clark, Esq. is the designated responsible attorney at Clark Law Group. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He earned a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. He interned for the Honorable John A. Houston, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California. He also interned for the San Diego Public Defender's office. He has lived in Nevada since 1988. He is a member of the State Bar of Nevada, the American Bar Association, and the Nevada Justice Association. The Las Vegas office is at 2320 Potosi St, Las Vegas, NV 89146. Client testimonials published by the firm are on the reviews page.

People on bicycles have many of the same problems with being seen. The bicycle accident lawyer page explains Nevada's three-foot passing rule. If you were on foot, see pedestrian accidents. The firm is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Sources

• NRS 11.190 — periods of limitation, including the two-year period for injury actions
• NRS 41.141 — comparative negligence
• NRS 484B.165 — handheld wireless communications devices while driving
• NRS 485.3091 — minimum motor vehicle liability policy limits
• NRS 486.231 — protective headgear for motorcycle operators and passengers
• NRS 486.341 and NRS 486.351 — full use of traffic lane; prohibition on driving between adjacent lanes
• NRS 687B.145 — required offer of uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage
• NRCP 37(e) — failure to preserve electronically stored information
• Zero Fatalities Nevada, Nevada Traffic Safety Crash Facts, 2026 edition (2020–2024 FARS data) — motorcyclist fatalities and the location, crash type, and lighting of fatal motorcycle crashes
• Nevada Office of Traffic Safety, 2024–2025 State Fatal Report (preliminary 2025 data) — motorcyclist fatalities by county

This page is attorney advertising and general information, not legal advice. Statutes and rules change, and how any of them apply depends on the facts. Contacting the firm does not create an attorney-client relationship. Prior results do not guarantee future outcomes.