Las Vegas, Nevada: Motorcyclist Killed in Crash at Blue Diamond Road and Kulka Road
A motorcycle rider died on Monday afternoon after a collision with an SUV at Blue Diamond Road and Kulka Road in the southwest Las Vegas valley, police said. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene, and the death was recorded as the 103rd traffic related fatality of the year in the Metro jurisdiction.
Key points
- LAS VEGAS, Nevada.
- Dispatchers received a report of the crash at about 1:32 p.m. on November 9, near Shaumber Road.
- Police reported that the motorcycle was a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 and the other vehicle was a 2024 Honda CR-V.
LAS VEGAS, Nevada. A motorcycle rider was killed on Monday afternoon in a collision with an SUV at Blue Diamond Road and Kulka Road in the far southwest Las Vegas valley, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.
Dispatchers received a report of the crash at about 1:32 p.m. on November 9, near Shaumber Road. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene. Police asked drivers to avoid the area while investigators worked, and the intersection stayed closed for a period on Monday afternoon.
What police reported about the collision
Police reported that the motorcycle was a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 and the other vehicle was a 2024 Honda CR-V. According to the police account, the CR-V attempted a left turn into the path of the motorcycle, and the motorcycle struck the front of the Honda.
The driver of the Honda stayed at the scene, was not injured and showed no signs of impairment, police reported. Officers collected evidence at the intersection of Kulka Road and Blue Diamond Road through the afternoon.
Police had not released the rider's identity, age or hometown by Monday night. No cause for the crash and no charges were announced, and the collision remains under active investigation. The first local accounts also left the direction of travel of the two vehicles unclear, and police gave no timeline for the next update.
Blue Diamond Road is the Las Vegas area name for Nevada State Route 160. West of the valley floor, the same road continues over the Spring Mountains as the Pahrump Valley Highway. The Kulka Road junction sits in a part of the southwest valley where new subdivisions meet open desert, and afternoon traffic mixes local trips with through traffic headed toward Pahrump.
The 103rd traffic death in the Metro jurisdiction this year
Local records cited in the police reporting note that the rider's death was the 103rd traffic related fatality of the year in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department jurisdiction.
Blue Diamond Road is a major east and west corridor. It connects the southwest valley with communities near the Spring Mountains and carries commuter traffic between Las Vegas and Pahrump. The road has seen repeated serious and fatal collisions in recent years as homes and traffic have pushed farther west.
Anyone with information about the crash is urged to contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Timeline
- Nov 9, 2026Dispatchers receive a report of a crash at Blue Diamond Road and Kulka Road at about 1:32 p.m. The motorcycle rider is pronounced dead at the scene.
- Nov 9, 2026Police close the intersection for a period on Monday afternoon while investigators collect evidence. The death is recorded as the 103rd traffic related fatality of the year in the Metro jurisdiction, and the investigation continues.