I-15 Desert Corridor: The California–Las Vegas Death Zone

How a 150-mile stretch of open desert between Los Angeles and Las Vegas became one of the deadliest commercial vehicle corridors in the American West

Interstate 15 between the Inland Empire and Las Vegas is one of the highest-volume freight and passenger corridors in the American West, and one of its most deadly. The 150-mile stretch through the Mojave Desert from the Cajon Pass summit to the Nevada state line combines extreme summer heat, monotonous open-road conditions that encourage speeding and drowsy driving, and one of the most notorious truck grades in California — all on a corridor that sees over 50,000 vehicles per day.

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