Truck accident statistics for Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Bernalillo County by year

Truck accident deaths increased from 7 in 2020 to 10 in 2021, then decreased to 9 in 2022. The count rose to 20 in 2023 before falling to 11 in 2024. The highest count was in 2023, and the lowest was in 2020. The 2024 count was 4 deaths higher than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual share of traffic deaths occurring in truck accidents was 6.4% in 2020, 7.0% in 2021, 8.3% in 2022, 17.4% in 2023 and 9.4% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 109, 142, 109, 115 and 117 in those respective years. These annual figures describe deaths at crash locations within Bernalillo County.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Bernalillo County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 10 deaths, or 17.5%. People in other vehicles accounted for 35 deaths, or 61.4%, the largest person category for truck accident deaths during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row labeled "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" accounted for 12 deaths, or 21.1%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, which includes pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. The other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. The label therefore does not impose a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Bernalillo County involved 61 large trucks from 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 41, representing 67.2% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 20. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Each figure in the trucks table counts vehicles. These figures are distinct from the 55 fatal crashes and 57 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the vehicle count is not a count of separate crashes or people killed.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Rear-end crashes accounted for 21 deaths (36.8%); angle (side impact), 9 (15.8%); head-on, 8 (14.0%); and sideswipe, 1 (1.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" accounted for 18 deaths (31.6%). That row means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events involving pedestrians, cyclists, parked vehicles, fixed objects or rollovers. Vehicles in transport can be stopped in traffic.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, crash configuration groups truck accident deaths by vehicle count: single-vehicle crashes accounted for 14 deaths (24.6%), two-vehicle crashes for 26 (45.6%), and crashes involving three or more vehicles for 17 (29.8%). These categories are separate from manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate truck accident deaths numbered 36, representing 63.2% of the county total. The listed route-coded counts were 30 deaths on I-40 and 6 on I-25. Interstate identification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. These listed routes are a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime accounted for 22 deaths (38.6%), while nighttime accounted for 35 (61.4%). Urban locations recorded 44 deaths (77.2%); rural locations recorded 13 (22.8%). The work-zone figure was 2 deaths. These road, time and land-use figures count deaths in qualifying crashes, rather than trucks or separate crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with New Mexico and the United States

Bernalillo County's truck accident death rate was 1.7 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. New Mexico's rate was 3.9, and the United States rate was 1.6. The county rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Among the listed neighboring counties, Cibola County had a rate of 23.8 and Torrance County had a rate of 36.2. Bernalillo County's rate was lower than each listed neighbor's rate. These rates divide deaths at crash locations by the sum of annual population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they do not measure deaths solely among county residents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

About these figures

FARS is NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching for a truck accident lawyer, these counts are grouped by crash county, not by where those killed lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rate denominators sum annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025 for 2020 through 2024. The calculation multiplies deaths divided by that sum by 100,000. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Torrance County, New Mexico (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Car accident statistics for Bernalillo County, New Mexico (2020-2024) (caraccidentlawyers.wiki)