NEW MEXICO HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE OF CHILD FATALITIES FROM CAR CRASHES IN THE NATION. THAT ACCORDING TO A NEW REPORT FROM SAFE WISE, AN ONLINE SITE THAT REVIEWS SAFETY PRODUCTS. ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, ONLY MISSISSIPPI HAD A HIGHER RATE OF CHILD FATALITIES IN 2016, THE MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE.
OUT OF 20 CHILDREN, AGES ONE TO 14, WHO DIED IN CAR CRASHES THAT YEAR…12 WERE NOT BUCKLED IN. THE RATE OF CHILD DEATHS IN NEW MEXICO IN 2016 WAS JUST UNDER FIVE FATALITIES PER 100-THOUSAND CHILDREN…ALMOST TWO AND-A-HALF TIMES THE NATIONAL RATE.
