Fatal RoadsSearch

Edition: FARS 2024, annual fileNHTSA released it on Release dates

New Mexico fatal crash statistics by county

This record uses FARS 2024. Read counts, rates and file versions before comparing periods.

Counties by year (CSV)Cite this page

FARS records 409 deaths in 378 fatal crashes in New Mexico in 2024.

In 2024 the rate is 19.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in New Mexico and 11.5 in the United States.

In 2024 the rate is 1.43 deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles in New Mexico and 1.19 in the United States.

By deaths for each 100,000 residents in 2024, New Mexico was number 3 of 51, the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Deaths in New Mexico fell by 7.0% from 2023 to 2024. In the United States they fell by 4.3%.

From 2015 to 2024, 54.5% of the fatal crashes in New Mexico with a known setting were rural, against 42.7% in the United States.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.

The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in New Mexico by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 2 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this state has a change on record.

County map

Figure 2.Counties of New Mexico by deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024
Bernalillo County: 15.4 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCatron County: 41.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearChaves County: 17.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCibola County: 52.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearColfax County: 35.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearCurry County: 12.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDe Baca County: 80.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearDoña Ana County: 10.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearEddy County: 24.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGrant County: 20.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearGuadalupe County: 199.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHarding County: 61.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearHidalgo County: 100.7 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLea County: 27.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLincoln County: 25.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLos Alamos County: 4.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearLuna County: 38.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMcKinley County: 39.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearMora County: 85.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearOtero County: 14.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearQuay County: 59.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRio Arriba County: 29.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearRoosevelt County: 23.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSandoval County: 10.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSan Juan County: 23.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSan Miguel County: 21.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSanta Fe County: 13.2 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSierra County: 32.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearSocorro County: 56.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTaos County: 23.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearTorrance County: 66.5 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearUnion County: 27.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a yearValencia County: 12.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year

  • Fewer than 101 county
  • 10 to 14.96 counties
  • 15 to 19.92 counties
  • 20 to 29.910 counties
  • 30 or more14 counties

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county.

In words: 1 county has a rate of fewer than 10; 6 counties have a rate of 10 to 14.9; 2 counties have a rate of 15 to 19.9; 10 counties have a rate of 20 to 29.9; 14 counties have a rate of 30 or more. Table 1 has the rate of each county.

Counties

Table 1.New Mexico: deaths and rate of each county, in name order
CountyResidentsDeaths, 2024Deaths, 2015 to 2024For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bernalillo County670,1811171,04315.4
Catron County3,8231 or 21541.3
Chaves County63,7461411317.5
Cibola County26,755614152.5
Colfax County12,31154435.9
Curry County47,37735912.1
De Baca County1,6501 or 21480.3
Doña Ana County228,1042323710.8
Eddy County61,7992114824.9
Grant County27,49175620.2
Guadalupe County4,3621087199.3
Harding County6210461.2
Hidalgo County3,951342100.7
Lea County74,4463119427.0
Lincoln County20,03665025.2
Los Alamos County19,4271 or 284.2
Luna County25,62339538.3
McKinley County68,6311727839.0
Mora County4,0921 or 23785.3
Otero County70,624119514.0
Quay County8,54245059.1
Rio Arriba County39,948911629.3
Roosevelt County18,78534523.8
San Juan County120,5252028523.0
San Miguel County26,43485821.2
Sandoval County157,6111315710.6
Santa Fe County157,3201820113.2
Sierra County11,41343732.8
Socorro County15,930149456.9
Taos County34,44178023.8
Torrance County15,9421410366.5
Union County3,93901127.0
Valencia County80,894119912.8

Note: the rate is for the ten years 2015 to 2024. Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. A count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2", and no rate is given for it.

Download: the deaths and fatal crashes of each county by year, 1975 to 2024 (CSV)

Each year

Figure 3.Deaths in New Mexico by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 669 (1978)2024: 409

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.New Mexico: deaths, fatal crashes and rates by year, 1975 to 2024
YearDeathsFatal crashesFor each 100,000 residentsFor each 100 million vehicle-miles
202440937819.21.43
202344040520.81.56
202246641922.11.74
202148342922.81.80
202039836518.81.68
201942536920.21.53
201839235118.71.44
201738034118.21.37
201640536119.41.45
201529826914.31.09
201438634018.5n/a
201331127514.9n/a
201236633817.5n/a
201135030516.8n/a
201034931716.9n/a
200936131917.7n/a
200836632418.2n/a
200741337120.8n/a
200648442424.7n/a
200548842025.3n/a
200452143927.4n/a
200343936723.4n/a
200244939824.2n/a
200146441525.3n/a
200043238623.7n/a
1999460388n/an/a
1998424374n/an/a
1997484400n/an/a
1996485416n/an/a
1995485425n/an/a
1994447388n/an/a
1993431386n/an/a
1992460398n/an/a
1991469422n/an/a
1990499440n/an/a
1989538469n/an/a
1988487433n/an/a
1987568493n/an/a
1986499436n/an/a
1985535453n/an/a
1984497426n/an/a
1983531467n/an/a
1982577489n/an/a
1981544480n/an/a
1980606513n/an/a
1979633555n/an/a
1978669588n/an/a
1977668567n/an/a
1976549461n/an/a
1975555466n/an/a

Note: each year is a link to the page of that year. The rate for residents starts in 2000. The rate for vehicle-miles starts in 2015.

Two rates

One rate divides the deaths by the residents. The other rate divides the deaths by the miles that vehicles travel in the state.

Table 3.New Mexico beside the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents and for each 100 million vehicle-miles
RatePeriodNew MexicoUnited States
For each 100,000 residents202419.211.5
For each 100,000 residents2015 to 2024, in a year19.411.8
For each 100 million vehicle-miles20241.431.19
For each 100 million vehicle-miles2015 to 20241.501.23

Residents: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. New Mexico had 2,126,774 residents in 2024.

Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. New Mexico had 28,645 million vehicle-miles in 2024. Table VM-2 of 2024

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.New Mexico: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
FactorCountCounted amongShareShare in the United States
A driver recorded as drinkingof 3,687 fatal crashes9723,687 fatal crashes26.3%
A speeding-related driverof 3,687 fatal crashes1,3223,687 fatal crashes27.2%
No restraint usedof 2,388 occupant deaths with restraint use known1,2972,388 occupant deathswith restraint use known49.0%
Pedestriansof 4,096 deaths8384,096 deaths17.1%
Bicyclistsof 4,096 deaths694,096 deaths2.4%
Motorcyclistsof 4,096 deaths4984,096 deaths14.5%
On a rural roadof 3,666 fatal crashes with the condition reported1,9973,666 fatal crasheswith the condition reported42.7%
In the darkof 3,667 fatal crashes with the condition reported1,8203,667 fatal crasheswith the condition reported49.2%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.New Mexico: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
WeekdayMidnight to 6 a.m.6 a.m. to noonNoon to 6 p.m.6 p.m. to midnightAll
Sunday12284147206559
Monday62101148158469
Tuesday66101133153453
Wednesday90104131167492
Thursday7094142153459
Friday96101155239591
Saturday140117160244661
All days6467021,0161,3203,684

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.New Mexico: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function classFatal crashesShareShare in the United States
Interstate79121.6%12.6%
Other freeways and expressways300.8%4.4%
Other principal arterial1,36837.4%29.8%
Minor arterial54314.8%22.1%
Major collector45512.4%15.5%
Minor collector1173.2%3.4%
Local3559.7%12.2%
Not reported28n/an/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Routes

26 signed routes in New Mexico have a page. A route page needs 20 or more fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024.

All routes in New Mexico

Interstate routes

Official channels

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on .

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. New Mexico fatal crash statistics by county. https://fatalroads.com/state/new-mexico/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .

The address of this page does not change.

Embed this card on your site

Copy this code into your page. The card shows the figures above with their source. A line under the card links to this page.

How embedding works. It is free. Keep the link in the card and the link line under it.

Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, table VM-2. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to .

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections. All states by year (CSV).

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in New Mexico in ten years?

FARS records 4,096 deaths in 3,687 fatal crashes in New Mexico from 2015 to 2024. It records 3,874 deaths from 2005 to 2014.

What part of the deaths in the United States was in New Mexico?

New Mexico had 409 of the 39,254 deaths in the United States in 2024. That is 1.0 percent.

How many fatal crashes in New Mexico had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 972 of 3,687 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. It records a speeding-related driver in 1,322 of them.

How many pages does New Mexico have?

New Mexico has 33 county pages, 26 route pages and one page for each year from 1975 to 2024.