NEW MEXICO SEEMS TO BE BUCKING THE TREND WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC DEATHS. FEDERAL SAFETY OFFICIALS SAY THERE WERE CLOSE TO 18-THOUSAND FATALITIES ON U-S ROADWAYS IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR. THAT’S AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 10 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
BUT NEW MEXICO WAS AMONG A GROUP OF SOUTHERN STATES WHERE FATALITIES DECREASED BY ONE PERCENT. NATIONALLY, 2016 COULD SEE THE BIGGEST INCREASE IN TRAFFIC DEATHS SINCE THE 1960S.
