Traffic Crash Dictionaries

The NMDOT crash database contains three data levels:

  • Crash-level – One row per crash. Information includes location, date, fatalities, injuries, crash type, indicators like alcohol. 
  • Vehicle-level – One row per vehicle/driver/non-motorist. Information includes age, sex, vehicle specifications, driver actions, contributing factors, sobriety.
  • Occupant-level – One row per person. Information includes age, sex, belt usage.

The database is compiled from Uniform Crash Reports, a statewide form that law enforcement agencies submit to NMDOT for any crash on a public roadway involving a motor vehicle that resulted in death, injury, or $500+ in property damage. No account is kept of unreported crashes, and the database does not include crashes on private property.

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NMDOT crash data is protected by federal mandate Title 23 U.S.C. Section 409 which forbids the discovery and admission into evidence of reports, data, or other information compiled or collected for activities required pursuant to federal highway safety programs, or for the purpose of developing any highway safety construction improvement project, which may be implemented utilizing federal-aid highway funds, in tort litigation arising from occurrences at the locations addressed in such documents or data.