I-15 North & Lake Mead Blvd

The Lake Mead Boulevard interchange on I-15 North is the primary freeway access for traffic moving between the freeway system and central and eastern North Las Vegas. Lake Mead Blvd is a major east-west arterial connecting the Nellis corridor to the west valley. The interchange also serves recreational traffic to Lake Mead National Recreation Area on weekends, adding recreational vehicle volumes to the commuter base.

The crash count here has been rising: 30 in 2022, 28 in 2023, then 40 in 2024 — a 33% increase that reverses prior stability. Zero fatalities across all three years. The 2024 uptick likely reflects continued North Las Vegas residential development adding traffic to this interchange faster than the surrounding network can absorb. Hit-and-run incidents at 22% are in the elevated range typical of freeway interchange locations.