Traffic Accident News in Albuquerque New Mexico
Local traffic accidents, injuries, and lawsuits that take place in New Mexico are listed below. Auto accidents involving motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, and motorcycles are updated daily on this page. Providing accident data helps to inform fellow New Mexicans throughout Albuquerque and greater New Mexico.
The New Mexico Traffic Crash Annual Report contains multi-year data on crash characteristics, driver behavior, and demographics of people in crashes. New Mexico's Department of Transportation reports the top three counties for total crashes are in Bernalillo with 14,038 accidents, Doña Ana with 3,642 accidents, and Sante Fe with 2,428 accidents. Interestingly, 38.4% of the Bernalillo car accidents involved alcohol.
In this section of our website, our Albuquerque injury lawyers at Keller & Keller cover the state's legal news, traffic accident news, and injury news to keep our readers informed and up to date.
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Semi crash, fire shuts down right lane on Interstate 40MCKINLEY COUNTY, NM - Emergency crews responded to the scene of a crash in McKinley County Tuesday morning, officials said. It happened on Interstate 40 at mile marker 47 at the Continental Divide Interchange, according to an alert from the New Mexico Department of Transportion on NMRoads at 8:19 a.m.
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Lane closed on Paseo Del Norte Blvd. following accidentALBUQUERQUE, NM - The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office issued a traffic alert to drivers following a motor vehicle accident on Sunday night. The BCSO said in a tweet shortly before 9 p.m. that its deputies were on the scene of the crash on westbound Paseo Del Norte Boulevard between 4th Street and Rio Grande Boulevard. One lane of westbound Paseo was closed while authorities responded to the wreck.
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Pedestrian killed in crash in northwest AlbuquerqueALBUQUERQUE, NM - Albuquerque police responded to the scene of a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian crash last Thursday morning, according to the Albuquerque Journal. The incident happened in the area of First Street and McKnight Avenue NW in the northwest section of the city. Police arrived at the scene at about 4 a.m. and found a person in the roadway who had already died.
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Crash snarls traffic on I-40 eastbound near 12th StreetALBUQUERQUE, NM - Drivers were facing rush-hour traffic backups following a crash in Albuquerque on Monday morning. According to the New Mexico Department of Transportion's NMRoads report, the accident happened on Interstate 40 eastbound at mile marker 157 at 12th Street shortly after 8 a.m.
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Man sentenced to prison for fatal Albuquerque drunk driving crashThe traffic accidents, events, injuries, and lawsuits taking place in New Mexico today could help you learn more about your own personal injury case.
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Officers respond to injury crash on 1st St. near I-40ALBUQUERQUE, NM - A crash on 1st Street in the Wells Park area early Thursday left at least one person injured, APD reports. Officers responded to the scene between McKnight Avenue and the I-40 frontage road at about 5:48 p.m.
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2 dead, 2 injured in car wreck on Interstate 25 south of BelenBELEN, NM - Two people were killed and two others injured in a car accident on Interstate 25 in Socorro County last weekend. According to New Mexico State Police, the crash happened April 8 on I-25 north at about milepost 183 south of Belen.
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Car and semi involved in fatal collision in AlbuquerqueALBUQUERQUE, NM - Albuquerque police said a car and a semi-truck were involved in a fatal collision early Friday morning. A report by KRQE said the accident happened along Coors Boulevard near Sequoia Road in northwest Albuquerque at about 3 a.m. Responding officers found the two vehicles had crashed and one person was declared dead at the scene. The victim's identity was not immediately released.
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1 dead, 1 injured in truck accident in Bernalillo CountyThe traffic accidents, events, injuries, and lawsuits taking place in New Mexico today could help you learn more about your own personal injury case.
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I-40 east shut down following crash near Carnuel exitCARNUEL, NM - A crash affected traffic on a stretch of Interstate 40 in Bernalillo County early Friday morning. According to a traffic alert from the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office shortly after 2 a.m., the accident happened on I-40 eastbound near the Carnuel exit. No major injuries were reported.
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Elderly pedestrian struck by pickup truck in Santa FeSANTA FE, NM - Police in Santa Fe said an elderly woman was taken to the hospital following a pedestrian accident last week. The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the incident happened Thursday afternoon as the woman was crossing at the intersection of West Alameda Street and St. Francis Drive at about 4:30 p.m.
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Zuni police respond to fatal crash near GallupGALLUP, NM - First responders were called to the scene of a fatal crash near Gallup on Tuesday morning. According to a report by the New Mexico State Police, the incident took place shortly before 11:30 a.m. near mile marker 7, just south of I-40.
