New Mexico

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	521	488	484	413	366
Rural	404	353	363	302	265
Urban	116	134	120	111	101
Unknown	1	1	1	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.18	2.04	1.88	1.54
Rural	3.03	2.68	2.50	1.94
Urban	1.09	1.24	1.06	0.98
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	396	365	343	277	250
Restrained	160	175	154	107	119
Unrestrained	225	183	171	163	128
Unknown	11	7	18	7	3
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	157	149	136	132	105
Speeding-Related Fatalities	195	165	173	159	70
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	39	38	43	50	49
Helmeted	12	6	9	9	2
Unhelmeted	27	31	32	41	47
Unknown	0	1	2	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	628	582	572	496	445
Aged Under 15	3	5	2	0	0
Aged 15-20	75	74	69	61	57
Aged Under 21	78	79	71	61	57
Aged 21 and Over	538	482	485	422	380
Unknown Age	12	21	16	13	8
Pedestrian Fatalities	56	61	69	52	39

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	New Mexico	521	23,942	2.18	1,889,266	27.58
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	New Mexico	488	23,966	2.04	1,912,884	25.51
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	New Mexico	484	25,787	1.88	1,937,916	24.98
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	New Mexico	413	26,850	1.54	1,964,402	21.02
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	New Mexico	366			1,984,356	18.44
US	37,261	2,925,503	1.27	304,059,724	12.25
Best State*					5.59

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
2004	New Mexico	521	213	41	189	36	0.79
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	New Mexico	488	193	40	177	36	0.74
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	New Mexico	484	187	39	164	34	0.64
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	New Mexico	413	175	42	157	38	0.58
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	New Mexico	366	140	38	126	34
US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
Best State*			21		16

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
2004	New Mexico	521	157	30	0.66
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	New Mexico	488	149	31	0.62
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	New Mexico	484	136	28	0.53
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	New Mexico	413	132	32	0.49
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	New Mexico	366	105	29
US	37,261	11,773	32	0.40
Best State*			16

Year	Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
2004	New Mexico	351	81	23	277	245	88	628	326	52
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	New Mexico	305	106	35	277	255	92	582	361	62
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	New Mexico	305	116	38	267	247	93	572	363	63
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	New Mexico	260	106	41	236	223	94	496	329	66
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	New Mexico	241	168	70	204	187	92	445	355	80
US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
Best State*			80			95			84

Year	Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
2004	New Mexico	52	90
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	New Mexico	62	90
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	New Mexico	67	90
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	New Mexico	50	92
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	New Mexico	63	91
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	384	157	218	9	42	193	44
2005	356	172	177	7	49	230	45
2006	332	151	164	17	48	207	49
2007	268	104	159	5	40	133	30
2008	245	117	125	3	48	156	34

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	9	2	7	0	22	3
2005	7	3	4	0	43	4
2006	9	3	5	1	38	6
2007	4	2	0	2	100	4
2008	5	2	3	0	40	2

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	39	12	27	0	31	7	10
2005	38	6	31	1	16	4	12
2006	43	9	32	2	22	6	12
2007	50	9	41	0	18	5	15
2008	49	2	47	0	4	1	18

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	194	37	148	30	140	29	115	28	94	26
Light Truck - Pickup	97	19	96	20	101	21	87	21	70	19
Light Truck - Utility	74	14	96	20	78	16	59	14	75	20
Light Truck - Van	30	6	24	5	24	5	16	4	11	3
Light Truck - Other	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Large Truck	14	3	13	3	13	3	19	5	13	4
Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	11	2	6	1	10	2	7	2	6	2
Total Occupants	422	81	384	79	366	76	304	74	271	74
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	39	7	38	8	43	9	50	12	49	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	56	11	61	13	69	14	52	13	39	11
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	4	1	5	1	6	1	7	2	7	2
��Total Nonoccupants	60	12	66	14	75	15	59	14	46	13
Total	Total	521	100	488	100	484	100	413	100	366	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	521	488	484	413	366
- (1) Single Vehicle	298	310	321	285	242
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	63	63	80	57	45
- (3) Involving Speeding	195	165	173	159	70
- (4) Involving a Rollover	240	240	207	193	162
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	243	245	235	195	111
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	69	66	65	63	77

Year	Age	Total
2004	4	10	11	5	8	1	39
2005	4	10	13	6	3	2	38
2006	1	5	10	13	10	4	43
2007	1	16	9	10	13	1	50
2008	2	14	9	13	7	4	49

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	39	36,294	107.5
2005	38	37,663	100.9
2006	43	43,489	98.88
2007	50	46,779	106.9
2008	49

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	181	174	182	130
White Non-Hispanic	217	193	174	168
Black, Non-Hispanic	5	7	1	6
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	58	48	51	49
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	0	1	1
Total	461	422	409	354
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	19	16	29	17
White Non-Hispanic	16	21	22	18
Black, Non-Hispanic	0	1	2	0
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	25	27	21	24
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	1	0
Total	60	66	75	59
Total	Hispanic	200	190	211	147
White Non-Hispanic	233	214	196	186
Black, Non-Hispanic	5	8	3	6
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	83	75	72	73
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	2	1
Total	521	488	484	413

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Bernalillo County	79	82	73	67	57	15	17	15	16	16
2	Mckinley County	57	54	45	39	32	11	11	9	9	9
3	San Juan County	37	35	44	40	30	7	7	9	10	8
4	Sandoval County	24	24	22	14	22	5	5	5	3	6
5	Lea County	12	14	26	15	16	2	3	5	4	4
6	Eddy County	10	10	14	9	15	2	2	3	2	4
7	Quay County	10	8	10	6	15	2	2	2	1	4
8	Rio Arriba County	29	18	12	16	15	6	4	2	4	4
9	Socorro County	13	15	5	14	15	3	3	1	3	4
10	Santa Fe County	24	33	31	19	14	5	7	6	5	4
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	342	325	326	264	231	66	67	67	64	63
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	178	159	158	149	135	34	33	33	36	37
Total	All Counties	520	484	484	413	366	100	100	100	100	100

1

Bernalillo County

79

82

73

67

57

15

17

15

16

2

Mckinley County

57

54

45

39

32

11

9

3

San Juan County

37

35

44

40

30

7

9

10

8

4

Sandoval County

24

22

14

22

5

3

6

5

Lea County

12

14

26

15

16

2

3

5

4

6

Eddy County

10

14

9

15

2

3

2

4

7

Quay County

10

8

10

6

15

2

1

4

8

Rio Arriba County

29

18

12

16

15

6

4

2

4

9

Socorro County

13

15

5

14

15

3

1

3

4

10

Santa Fe County

24

33

31

19

14

5

7

6

5

4

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

342

325

326

264

231

66

67

64

63

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

178

159

158

149

135

34

33

36

37

Total

All Counties

520

484

413

366

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Guadalupe County	310.15	135.23	273.04	339.67	184.08
2	Quay County	107.23	87.57	111.06	67.04	167.99
3	Socorro County	72.16	82.80	27.62	77.43	82.51
4	Hidalgo County	119.47	101.26	144.42	223.90	81.47
5	Union County	132.66	105.82	79.87	106.33	52.95
6	Debaca County	50.45	50.10	52.30	105.10	52.44
7	Mckinley County	79.81	76.55	63.87	55.73	45.25
8	Luna County	31.30	96.12	45.41	44.77	44.07
9	Torrance County	87.21	77.98	65.96	60.50	43.03
10	Sierra County	31.36	15.92	8.08	24.49	40.20
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	84.93	81.80	68.07	69.02	59.87
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	20.50	19.22	20.66	16.11	14.60
Total Rate	All Counties	27.52	25.30	24.98	21.02	18.44

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+		BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2004	New Mexico	521	213	41	189	36	0.79
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	New Mexico	488	193	40	177	36	0.74
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	New Mexico	484	187	39	164	34	0.64
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	New Mexico	413	175	42	157	38	0.58
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	New Mexico	366	140	38	126	34
	US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
	Best State*			21		16

Year		Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS
		Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent
2004	New Mexico	351	81	23	277	245	88	628	326	52
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	New Mexico	305	106	35	277	255	92	582	361	62
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	New Mexico	305	116	38	267	247	93	572	363	63
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	New Mexico	260	106	41	236	223	94	496	329	66
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	New Mexico	241	168	70	204	187	92	445	355	80
	US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
	Best State*			80			95			84

Person Type		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	194	37	148	30	140	29	115	28	94	26
	Light Truck - Pickup	97	19	96	20	101	21	87	21	70	19
	Light Truck - Utility	74	14	96	20	78	16	59	14	75	20
	Light Truck - Van	30	6	24	5	24	5	16	4	11	3
	Light Truck - Other	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Large Truck	14	3	13	3	13	3	19	5	13	4
	Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	11	2	6	1	10	2	7	2	6	2
	Total Occupants	422	81	384	79	366	76	304	74	271	74
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	39	7	38	8	43	9	50	12	49	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	56	11	61	13	69	14	52	13	39	11
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	4	1	5	1	6	1	7	2	7	2
	��Total Nonoccupants	60	12	66	14	75	15	59	14	46	13
Total	Total	521	100	488	100	484	100	413	100	366	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	4	10	11	5	8	1	39
2005	4	10	13	6	3	2	38
2006	1	5	10	13	10	4	43
2007	1	16	9	10	13	1	50
2008	2	14	9	13	7	4	49