NEW MEXICO TEENAGERS IN CRASHES, 2003-2006 11:24 Thursday, March 13, 2008 1
PRODUCED FOR THE NEW MEXICO TRAFFIC SAFETY BUREAU
UNDER CONTRACT # C04950
2 0 0 3 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 6
CATEGORY DESCRIPTION FATALITIES INJURIES FATALITIES INJURIES FATALITIES INJURIES FATALITIES INJURIES
TEENAGERS 54 4,636 63 4,556 60 4,098 50 3,754
SEX FEMALE 12 2,614 25 2,557 20 2,337 21 2,065
MALE 42 2,012 38 1,980 40 1,756 29 1,681
AGE 13 4 231 4 205 2 219 3 206
14 5 288 3 322 6 269 2 272
15 4 476 3 493 3 423 3 366
16 5 773 7 689 9 725 7 612
17 15 946 11 920 12 763 13 711
18 12 1,014 18 1,042 13 898 11 800
19 9 908 17 885 15 801 11 787
ALCOHOL IN CRASH COUNT 27 484 33 432 20 306 22 298
PERCENT 50 10 52 9 33 7 44 8
ALCOHOL IN VEHICLE COUNT 24 321 31 311 17 194 19 219
PERCENT 44 7 49 7 28 5 38 6
HELMET USAGE NO 4 85 1 99 5 86 2 114
YES 0 39 2 41 0 30 0 11
SEATBELT USAGE NO 32 619 40 523 36 400 28 254
YES 15 3,786 18 3,764 14 3,468 16 3,240
VEHICLE TYPE MOTOR VEHICLES 47 4,405 58 4,287 50 3,868 44 3,494
MOTORCYCLES 4 124 3 140 5 116 2 125
PEDALCYCLISTS 0 43 0 62 1 55 0 71
PEDESTRIANS 3 64 2 67 4 59 4 64
MONTH JANUARY 7 304 2 341 3 317 1 288
FEBRUARY 2 300 8 364 0 336 8 281
MARCH 7 411 4 384 4 395 4 334
APRIL 6 388 7 379 3 349 4 307
MAY 6 467 1 424 6 365 6 332
JUNE 6 370 9 430 5 337 5 327
JULY 3 433 4 379 9 370 4 336
AUGUST 4 418 5 367 7 337 7 337
SEPTEMBER 0 415 6 402 6 336 2 286
OCTOBER 9 424 9 408 5 380 2 353
NOVEMBER 4 358 6 314 4 266 3 284
DECEMBER 0 348 2 364 8 310 4 289
COMPARED TO ALL TEENAGERS 54 4,636 63 4,556 60 4,098 50 3,754
ALL 439 25,412 522 26,481 488 24,001 484 22,217
PERCENT TEENAG 12 18 12 17 12 17 10 17