New Mexico Car Accidents Today — Live Reports & Statistics
Quick answer: New Mexico recorded 409 motor vehicle crash deaths in 2024 — about 1.1 a day, 19.2 per 100,000 people (far above the US average, rank #3 of 51). 1 New Mexico accident report tracked in the last 48 hours are listed below. Emergency number: 911.
New Mexico is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States. It is one of the Mountain States of the southern Rocky Mountains, sharing the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and Arizona. It also borders the state of Texas to the east and southeast, Oklahoma to the northeast, and shares an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south.
- Capital
- Santa Fe
- Population
- 2,117,522 (2020)
- Area
- 315,194 km²
- Crash deaths 2024
- 409
- Deaths / 100k
- 19.2
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New Mexico Accident News — Last 48 Hours
Road Safety in New Mexico
With a population of 2,130,256 and 28,645 million vehicle miles travelled, New Mexico recorded 409 crash deaths in 2024: 19.2 per 100,000 people and 1.43 per 100 million miles. Speeding was a factor in 36% of those deaths.
By road user: pedestrians 22%, motorcyclists 12%, bicyclists 1%.
About 115 deaths (28%) were in crashes involving a driver at or over the 0.08% alcohol limit, and 28 of those killed were teenagers aged 15–19. Compare: drunk driving deaths by state · teen deaths by state.
Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 via IIHS state-by-state tables. National context: US road deaths by year.
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States With a Similar Death Rate
| State | Rank | Deaths 2024 | Per 100k | Per 100M miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #3 | 409 | 19.2 | 1.43 |
| Mississippi | #1 | 753 | 25.6 | 1.81 |
| Arkansas | #2 | 603 | 19.5 | 1.53 |
| South Carolina | #4 | 1,038 | 18.9 | 1.67 |
| Alabama | #5 | 962 | 18.7 | 1.32 |
| Wyoming | #6 | 107 | 18.2 | 1.1 |
| Montana | #7 | 206 | 18.1 | 1.49 |