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Fatal crashes in Louisiana

Every fatal crash in Louisiana is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in Louisiana, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,105 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 705 752
2023 755 811
2022 852 906
2021 886 971
2020 762 828
2019 681 727
2018 719 771
2017 705 770
2016 704 757
2015 698 752
2014 665 740
2013 651 703
2012 653 723
2011 634 680
2010 644 721
2009 729 824
2008 821 916
2007 900 993
2006 890 987
2005 872 963
2004 826 927
2003 826 940
2002 816 907
2001 860 952
2000 846 938
1999 830 938
1998 807 926
1997 831 931
1996 807 902
1995 779 894
1994 749 843
1993 767 878
1992 792 886
1991 783 862
1990 834 959
1989 782 878
1988 822 925
1987 730 826
1986 821 932
1985 824 931
1984 844 961
1983 836 933
1982 962 1,091
1981 1,105 1,233
1980 1,080 1,219
1979 1,050 1,195
1978 956 1,079
1977 869 990
1976 831 941
1975 813 934

The fifteen Louisiana counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
East Baton Rouge 22033 61 66
Orleans 22071 58 60
Caddo 22017 38 42
Lafayette 22055 31 31
St. Tammany 22103 30 31
Calcasieu 22019 28 30
Tangipahoa 22105 28 30
Ouachita 22073 27 27
Livingston 22063 26 27
Rapides 22079 25 25
Jefferson 22051 23 24
Ascension 22005 21 22
Bossier 22015 19 19
St. Landry 22097 15 16
Terrebonne 22109 15 15

Which roads, in Louisiana2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 321 343 46%
U.S. Highway 142 155 20%
Interstate 91 97 13%
County 75 77 11%
Municipal 69 73 10%
Other 4 4 1%
Trafficway Not in State Inventory 1 1 0%
Township 1 1 0%

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