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Seven fewer people were fatally struck by drivers on Albuquerque鈥檚 streets last year 鈥� the second straight annual decrease in pedestrian deaths since a post-pandemic spike. Driven to some degree by the decrease, New Mexico 鈥� for the first time in eight years 鈥� relinquished its rank as the state with the worst pedestrian death rate in the nation.

The Governors Highway Safety Association released its biannual report in March that placed the state ninth behind Nevada and Alaska, with a rate of 1.27 fatal pedestrian crashes per 100,000 people between January and June, down from 2.49 in that same timespan in 2024.

New Mexico recorded 89 pedestrian deaths in 2025, down from 102 in 2024 and the lowest total since the pandemic hit in 2020. The GHSA said the rankings, and data behind them, are preliminary and a full accounting of 2025 will be released at a later date.

Albuquerque and its surrounding roadways saw 43 fatal pedestrian crashes last year, according to data compiled by Albuquerque police, Bernalillo County deputies and New Mexico State Police. The total is a decrease from 50 in 2024 and the record-high 56 deaths in 2023.

The drop comes on the heels of the city鈥檚 largest financial commitment, $5 million, to pedestrian safety projects in a historically underserved area that sees the highest death toll. The mostly completed projects include a road diet, safety lighting and median fencing along the 3-mile stretch of Central between San Mateo and Eubank, which has seen 40 pedestrian deaths since 2018.

The five deaths in that part of town last year brought the number to 45. 

In a news conference Thursday, Mayor Tim Keller acknowledged that Albuquerque is 鈥渙ne of the worst in the country鈥� when it comes to pedestrian deaths.

鈥淣ow we've been working on some major changes to try and turn that around,鈥� he said, noting the recent back-to-back decline in pedestrian deaths. 鈥淏ut it鈥檚 much, much too early to tell.鈥�

At least 30 of the fatal pedestrian crashes last year happened within city limits. The other 13 happened along the highways and in unincorporated parts of Bernalillo County that abut the city. 

鈥楬opefully this is a trend鈥�

Professor Nick Ferenchak, from the Civil Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico, said it remained to be seen whether the drop in pedestrian deaths was part of a nationwide trend or a result of safety measures.

鈥淚 think there's been a lot of work in this area. Hopefully these numbers are changing because of that, and hopefully this is a trend,鈥� he said, pointing to the GHSA鈥檚 finding of a decrease nationwide in pedestrian fatalities.

Ferenchak added, 鈥淲e're still above pre-COVID levels. Not to be negative, but it's not like we solved the issue here, yet.鈥�

Shannon Glendenning, director of the Traffic Safety Division at the state Department of Transportation, said it鈥檚 hard to attribute the decrease in pedestrian deaths in Albuquerque or statewide to 鈥渁ny one factor.鈥�

"Part of it is how we're thinking holistically," she said, crediting the results to the 鈥渟afe system approach鈥� adopted by the DOT.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the safe system approach involves anticipating human mistakes by designing and managing road infrastructure to minimize the risk of those mistakes. The approach, Glendenning said, emphasizes safer people, speeds, roads and post-crash care with the goal of eventually eliminating all traffic-related fatalities.

"The major principle around it is that death and serious injuries are not acceptable," she said. "Zero is the only acceptable number."

Until then, Glendenning said, NMDOT is continuing to improve pedestrian safety using infrastructure enhancements, education and road safety audits.

In an audit, engineers and statewide stakeholders look at intersections or corridors and "really do a deep dive," looking at daytime and nighttime conditions and crash history, and making recommendations for improvements, she said.

So far in 2026, 19 people have been killed by drivers across New Mexico, six of them in Bernalillo County, . Of the six, five were in Albuquerque city limits. By this time in 2025, there had been 11 pedestrian deaths in the city.

Multilayered approach

During the news conference Thursday, Keller cautioned against celebrating the decreases early.

鈥淲e just want to make sure that this continues. So this is like the first, sort of, crack in the clouds 鈥� that maybe we're actually making a difference in this and we're shining light on this problem,鈥� he said. 

In the past several years, the city has added dozens of speed cameras and several HAWK push-button crossings 鈥� with several more planned 鈥� in the most dangerous corridors. But the majority of recent pedestrian safety measures were focused on East Central, which has had a stubbornly high death toll.

Among the largest infrastructure changes is turning two lanes on Central into business access and transit (BAT) lanes, leaving four lanes for regular traffic.

Other changes include 200 solar-powered pedestrian safety lights, metal fencing in the medians to discourage jaywalking and repurposing wildlife crossing technology for a sign that flashes when walkers are detected.

Keller said the multilayered approach has shown some success.

鈥淚t's really all of the things together,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e know because we tried to do these things in one-off ways before, and we didn't see an impact. It wasn't until we had four different solutions on Central that now we're seeing results.鈥�

Ferenchak said he couldn鈥檛 speak to the efficacy of the BAT lanes, which are identified by a solid white line, have no physical barriers and do not change the actual width of the street.

He said, however, that physically shrinking the roadway has data to back it up.

Ferenchak said in a study of pre-and post-Albuquerque Rapid Transit, he found a 65% drop in serious-injury and fatal crashes along Central where a lane was removed for ART. He said the HAWK crossings may improve safety in the immediate vicinity but become 鈥渁 Band-Aid鈥� when intersections are sometimes a half-mile apart.

鈥淢aybe you've improved safety at that one little point, but 99% of that corridor is still 鈥� people are going to be darting across, and we're going to get the safety outcomes that we've got,鈥� Ferenchak said.

He said reducing lanes and finding other ways to slow vehicles down 鈥� where even if a crash occurs, death is less likely 鈥� has 鈥減roven to be the most effective approach.鈥�

鈥淭here's two ways to get to zero pedestrian fatalities, you can make a really safe, walkable city, or you can just get rid of the pedestrians,鈥� Ferenchak said. 鈥淵ou know, putting up fencing to tell people 鈥榙on't walk here.鈥� OK, we might cut down on fatalities, but is that a city you want to be in?鈥� 

Hearts and minds

The newest effort from the city is aimed at driver behavior.

The 鈥淪top For Everyone鈥� campaign will try to change the hearts and minds of those behind the wheel. Keller said when most people hear 鈥渞eckless driving,鈥� they think of a teen swerving across the road. 

鈥淩eckless driving is looking at your cellphone, that's what it is, or it's consistently going over 10 miles over the speed limit,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat is actually like a societal challenge that we have. I catch myself a lot, I'm just like everyone else, and I'm like, 鈥極h my goodness, I can't believe on Tingley I was going that fast.鈥欌��

Keller noted two crashes that captured headlines and spurred near-immediate change: the death of a student in a crosswalk outside Cleveland Middle School and, more recently, city employee Kayla VanLandingham, who was struck while riding her bike across Carlisle. No one was charged in either case. 

鈥淭hese were all, in general, people who weren't doing anything in their minds they thought was terribly wrong, right? They were just distracted driving type situations or there was ambiguity about the law,鈥� he said.

Keller said thanks to an ordinance passed by the City Council, there is "no ambiguity anymore鈥� for drivers who come across a person in a crosswalk, both marked and unmarked: 鈥淚f you see someone, you have to stop 鈥� not slow down 鈥� you have to stop. That鈥檚 the law.鈥�

Jennifer Turner, director of the department of Municipal Development, said the campaign will run ads on TV and signage at the Sunport. She said there will also be billboards across the city 鈥渋ncluding on Lomas, which is one of our dangerous corridors.鈥�

Turner said she was unsure if there were plans to have a billboard along East Central. But, she said, it is expected to be put up at bus stops.

鈥淎nd so even if it's not a full digital billboard, you'll see it at bus shelters,鈥� Turner said.