Las Vegas (KSNV) — A mother in Las Vegas advocates for motorcycle safety after her son died in a crash last month in the southwest valley.
Andrea “Annie” Houston and two others visited the Durango Drive and Sunset Road intersection on Monday. She held a sign informing the public she doesn’t want money, just awareness to “look twice save a life.”
A slogan on stickers and bracelets she handed out to drivers stopped at the red light.
“Please watch for motorcycles,” Houston said to one driver.
Houston’s 20-year-old son, Caleb Houston, died on December 17 around 6:30 a.m. when his motorcycle hit a Jeep turning left in front of him on a flashing yellow light at the intersection, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police.
Officers said the driver of the 21-year-old Jeep remained at the scene did not show any signs of impairment and did not report any injuries.
“People don’t understand motorcycles,” Houston said. “They don’t understand why people ride them. They don’t understand how it works when they’re trying to stop, and people don’t look for them. Our goal is, we want people to look for motorcycles, even if it’s one second. Even if it’s one second. If they look for motorcycles, it will drastically change people’s lives.”
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Houston decided to shift her pain into purpose by visiting the intersection twice so far to highlight the issue.
“I don’t want another parent, brother, sister, child, to go through what we’re going through right now,” Houston said. “It’s not that I lost my son, but I lost my son’s future. I lost grandkids. I lost my daughter-in-law. I lost – we lost so much”
Houston said Caleb was with his high school girlfriend for five years and the two were discussing an engagement.
Caleb was a lover of cars and motorcycles, according to Houston.
He even learned how to ride a dirt bike at 5-years-old.
Houston and her husband also ride motorcycles and said Caleb had a motorcycle license.
“He was my gorgeous boy, but inside his heart was pure,” Houston said. “He was a student at ATI for automotive, and he had just gotten a job the Thursday before at Firestone, where he was finally, he was finally starting to do what he loved, to be an automotive technician.”
Houston said Caleb was on his way to work when the crash happened.
Data from the state shows he is one of 61 motorcyclists killed in Clark County in 2024. A 22 percent increase from 2023.
Houston plans to continue visiting not only the Sunset and Durango intersection but potentially others around the valley where motorcyclists have died to steer the community toward a culture of awareness and care.
