NEW MEXICO ELDERLY IN CRASHES, 2005-2008 08:30 Friday, October 16, 2009 1
PRODUCED FOR THE NEW MEXICO TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU
UNDER CONTRACT # C04950
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CATEGORY DESCRIPTION FATALITIES INJURIES FATALITIES INJURIES FATALITIES INJURIES FATALITIES INJURIES
ELDERLY 34 1,102 34 1,061 33 1,005 39 990
SEX FEMALE 12 635 16 604 14 555 21 507
MALE 22 466 18 456 19 447 18 389
AGE GROUP 70-74 10 407 12 405 7 373 12 371
75 AND OVER 24 695 22 656 26 632 27 619
ALCOHOL IN CRASH COUNT 2 17 3 30 6 36 3 32
PERCENT 6 2 9 3 18 4 8 3
ALCOHOL IN VEHICLE COUNT 1 7 3 10 6 13 3 15
PERCENT 3 1 9 1 18 1 8 2
HELMET USAGE NO 0 9 2 7 0 8 0 10
YES 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
SEATBELT USAGE NO 7 70 7 46 13 29 10 34
YES 22 1,000 18 985 18 942 22 921
VEHICLE TYPE MOTOR VEHICLES 29 1,070 25 1,031 31 971 32 955
MOTORCYCLES 0 11 2 8 0 8 0 11
PEDALCYCLISTS 0 5 0 4 0 5 2 4
PEDESTRIANS 5 16 7 18 2 21 5 20
MONTH JANUARY 2 70 1 94 4 63 1 68
FEBRUARY 1 75 4 70 2 70 7 63
MARCH 3 85 2 91 1 73 1 101
APRIL 1 94 2 94 3 70 4 88
MAY 2 88 3 88 5 78 2 84
JUNE 4 101 2 77 4 88 3 63
JULY 8 111 2 79 1 85 3 76
AUGUST 3 86 3 94 7 102 2 95
SEPTEMBER 2 99 3 96 2 81 0 83
OCTOBER 5 117 4 108 1 101 9 99
NOVEMBER 0 97 3 88 3 94 5 76
DECEMBER 3 79 5 82 0 100 2 94
COMPARED TO ALL ELDERLY 34 1,102 34 1,061 33 1,005 39 990
ALL 488 24,001 484 22,217 413 20,555 366 19,430
PERCENT ELDERL 7 5 7 5 8 5 11 5