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

Truck accident deaths in Eddy County by year

Truck accident deaths rose from 2 in 2020 to 4 in 2021, then reached 9 in 2022. The count fell to 5 in 2023 before rising to 6 in 2024. The highest count was in 2022, 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 20.0% in 2020, 28.6% in 2021, 50.0% in 2022, 27.8% in 2023 and 28.6% in 2024. All traffic deaths numbered 10, 14, 18, 18 and 21 in those respective years. These annual truck accident figures count deaths, rather than the number of fatal crashes.^{[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 Eddy County truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 8 deaths, or 30.8% of truck accident deaths. People in other vehicles accounted for 18 deaths, or 69.2%, the largest person category. The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 0 deaths and 0.0%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

That quoted label represents the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Its other category can include occupants of parked motor vehicles, so the label is not a literal test of whether someone was outside a vehicle. These categories describe people killed in truck accidents.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal crashes in Eddy County involved 27 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors (semi or tractor-trailer units) numbered 18, accounting for 66.7% of those large trucks. Single-unit and other large trucks numbered 9. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 0.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the 24 fatal crashes and 26 truck accident deaths recorded for the period. A truck crash can involve multiple large trucks. The truck-tractor share therefore describes the vehicles in the trucks table, rather than a share of crashes or deaths.^{[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. Angle (side impact) and head-on each recorded 8 deaths (30.8%); rear-end recorded 6 (23.1%) and sideswipe 1 (3.8%). "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 3 (11.5%). This means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, with examples including a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle, fixed object or rollover. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were single-vehicle, 3 (11.5%); two-vehicle, 21 (80.8%); and three or more vehicles, 2 (7.7%). These shares classify deaths by the number of vehicles involved, rather than by manner of collision.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded truck accident deaths numbered 0, or 0.0%. This classification requires ROUTE=1 and a parseable interstate route number in TWAY_ID. The packet lists no individual interstate route counts; route-coded figures do not describe the full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime, from 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., recorded 13 deaths (50.0%). Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., also recorded 13 (50.0%). Urban locations recorded 1 death (3.8%), while rural locations recorded 25 (96.2%). Work-zone truck accident deaths numbered 0. The work-zone figure counts deaths, rather than trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

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

Eddy County's truck accident death rate was 8.5 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. The corresponding rate was 3.9 for New Mexico and 1.6 nationally. Eddy County's rate was higher than both.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring counties had rates of 10.3 in Lea County, New Mexico, and 50.3 in Reeves County, Texas. Eddy County's rate was lower than both; Reeves County had the highest rate among the listed neighboring counties. Rates use annual Census population estimates and do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. Readers searching for "truck accident lawyer" should read these figures as location-based death rates, with deaths assigned to the county where the crash occurred.^{[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 a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public, with an occupant or nonoccupant death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow crash location, not the deceased person's residence. Data for 2020 through 2023 use Final Files; 2024 uses the Annual Report File and may change with the Final File.^[9][6][7][8]

Rates divide 2020 through 2024 deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. The result is average annual deaths per 100,000 residents, without adjustment for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate of 61,799 is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]

See also

• Truck accident statistics for Lea County, New Mexico (2020-2024)
• Truck accident statistics for Reeves County, Texas (2020-2024)