Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate

Madison Parish had the highest traffic fatality rate of 64 counties in 2015, at 98.4 per 100,000 people. Lincoln Parish had the lowest, at 4.1 per 100,000 people. The median was 20.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Louisiana was 16.1 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

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Highest98.4Madison Parish
Median20.864 counties
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Map of counties, 2015

Acadia Parish: 28.2 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish: 24.8 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish: 16 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish: 22.2 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish: 17.2 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish: 13.9 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish: 7.2 per 100,000 peopleBossier Parish: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleCaddo Parish: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleCalcasieu Parish: 17.5 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish: 16.4 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish: 30.5 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish: 34.9 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish: 51.9 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish: 27.1 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish: 34.4 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish: 32.5 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish: 25.5 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Parish: 5.9 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish: 31.3 per 100,000 peopleLafayette Parish: 12.2 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish: 20.4 per 100,000 peopleLaSalle Parish: 20.2 per 100,000 peopleLincoln Parish: 4.1 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish: 13.2 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish: 98.4 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish: 26 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleOrleans Parish: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish: 13.1 per 100,000 peoplePlaquemines Parish: 33.8 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish: 36.8 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish: 16.6 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish: 36 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish: 29.2 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Bernard Parish: 13.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Charles Parish: 13.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish: 55 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish: 23.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish: 25 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish: 18.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Tammany Parish: 10.4 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish: 28.3 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish: 21.1 per 100,000 peopleTerrebonne Parish: 14.1 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish: 31.9 per 100,000 peopleVermilion Parish: 23.8 per 100,000 peopleVernon Parish: 15.4 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish: 21.7 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish: 10.1 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish: 34.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish: 27.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish: 19.6 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2015. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2015

Madison Parish: 98.4 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish98.4St. Helena Parish: 55 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish55East Carroll Parish: 51.9 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish51.9Iberville Parish: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish40.5East Feliciana Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish40.3Caldwell Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish40.3Pointe Coupee Parish: 36.8 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish36.8Red River Parish: 36 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish36Concordia Parish: 34.9 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish34.9West Baton Rouge Parish: 34.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish34.8Franklin Parish: 34.4 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish34.4Plaquemines Parish: 33.8 per 100,000 peoplePlaquemines Parish33.8Iberia Parish: 32.5 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish32.5Union Parish: 31.9 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish31.9Jefferson Davis Parish: 31.3 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish31.3Catahoula Parish: 30.5 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish30.5Richland Parish: 29.2 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish29.2Tangipahoa Parish: 28.3 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish28.3Acadia Parish: 28.2 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish28.2West Carroll Parish: 27.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish27.8Evangeline Parish: 27.1 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish27.1Morehouse Parish: 26 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish26Jackson Parish: 25.5 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish25.5St. Landry Parish: 25 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish25Allen Parish: 24.8 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish24.8Vermilion Parish: 23.8 per 100,000 peopleVermilion Parish23.8St. James Parish: 23.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish23.6St. Mary Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish22.5Grant Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish22.5Assumption Parish: 22.2 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish22.2Washington Parish: 21.7 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish21.7Tensas Parish: 21.1 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish21.1Natchitoches Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish20.6Winn Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish20.6Lafourche Parish: 20.4 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish20.4LaSalle Parish: 20.2 per 100,000 peopleLaSalle Parish20.2West Feliciana Parish: 19.6 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish19.6Claiborne Parish: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish19.3St. Martin Parish: 18.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish18.8St. John the Baptist Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish18.4Madison Parish: 98.4 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish98.4St. Helena Parish: 55 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish55East Carroll Parish: 51.9 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish51.9Iberville Parish: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish40.5East Feliciana Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish40.3Caldwell Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish40.3Pointe Coupee Parish: 36.8 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish36.8Red River Parish: 36 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish36Concordia Parish: 34.9 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish34.9West Baton Rouge Parish: 34.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish34.8Franklin Parish: 34.4 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish34.4Plaquemines Parish: 33.8 per 100,000 peoplePlaquemines Parish33.8Iberia Parish: 32.5 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish32.5Union Parish: 31.9 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish31.9Jefferson Davis Parish: 31.3 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish31.3Catahoula Parish: 30.5 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish30.5Richland Parish: 29.2 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish29.2Tangipahoa Parish: 28.3 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish28.3Acadia Parish: 28.2 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish28.2West Carroll Parish: 27.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish27.8Evangeline Parish: 27.1 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish27.1Morehouse Parish: 26 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish26Jackson Parish: 25.5 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish25.5St. Landry Parish: 25 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish25Allen Parish: 24.8 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish24.8Vermilion Parish: 23.8 per 100,000 peopleVermilion Parish23.8St. James Parish: 23.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish23.6St. Mary Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish22.5Grant Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish22.5Assumption Parish: 22.2 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish22.2Washington Parish: 21.7 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish21.7Tensas Parish: 21.1 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish21.1Natchitoches Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish20.6Winn Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish20.6Lafourche Parish: 20.4 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish20.4LaSalle Parish: 20.2 per 100,000 peopleLaSalle Parish20.2West Feliciana Parish: 19.6 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish19.6Claiborne Parish: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish19.3St. Martin Parish: 18.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish18.8St. John the Baptist Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish18.4
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2015
per 100,000 people
Change on 2014
1Madison Parish98.4+63.7 pts
2St. Helena Parish55-0.1 pts
3East Carroll Parish51.9+39.1 pts
4Iberville Parish40.5-9 pts
5East Feliciana Parish40.3+10.2 pts
6Caldwell Parish40.3-10.4 pts
7Pointe Coupee Parish36.8+4.9 pts
8Red River Parish36-11.3 pts
9Concordia Parish34.9+15.2 pts
10West Baton Rouge Parish34.8-8.4 pts
11Franklin Parish34.4+9.9 pts
12Plaquemines Parish33.8+16.8 pts
13Iberia Parish32.5+12.1 pts
14Union Parish31.9+4.8 pts
15Jefferson Davis Parish31.3+18.7 pts
16Catahoula Parish30.5+30.5 pts
17Richland Parish29.2+5.1 pts
18Tangipahoa Parish28.3+10.8 pts
19Acadia Parish28.2-1.4 pts
20West Carroll Parish27.8+18.8 pts
21Evangeline Parish27.1+21.1 pts
22Morehouse Parish26+14.9 pts
23Jackson Parish25.5+12.9 pts
24St. Landry Parish25-4.8 pts
25Allen Parish24.8+0.4 pts
26Vermilion Parish23.8+13.6 pts
27St. James Parish23.6-4.6 pts
28St. Mary Parish22.5-1.7 pts
29Grant Parish22.5-4.4 pts
30Assumption Parish22.2-26.2 pts
31Washington Parish21.7-0 pts
32Tensas Parish21.1-20.3 pts
33Natchitoches Parish20.6+5.2 pts
34Winn Parish20.6+7 pts
35Lafourche Parish20.4-9.3 pts
36LaSalle Parish20.2-13.6 pts
37West Feliciana Parish19.60 pts
38Claiborne Parish19.3+6.7 pts
39St. Martin Parish18.8-11.5 pts
40St. John the Baptist Parish18.4+0.1 pts
41Calcasieu Parish17.5+5.7 pts
42Avoyelles Parish17.2-14.6 pts
43Rapides Parish16.60 pts
44Cameron Parish16.4+0.1 pts
45Ascension Parish16-3.7 pts
46Vernon Parish15.4-5.3 pts
47Caddo Parish14.3-1.5 pts
48Terrebonne Parish14.1-2.7 pts
49Beauregard Parish13.9-2.9 pts
50St. Bernard Parish13.8+6.8 pts
51St. Charles Parish13.4+1.9 pts
52Livingston Parish13.2-4.6 pts
53Ouachita Parish13.1-1.4 pts
54Orleans Parish12.9-0.2 pts
55Sabine Parish12.9-12.8 pts
56Lafayette Parish12.2-1 pts
57De Soto Parish11.2-7.5 pts
58St. Tammany Parish10.4+1.5 pts
59Webster Parish10.1-2.4 pts
60Bossier Parish9.5-1.7 pts
61East Baton Rouge Parish9.5-1.6 pts
62Bienville Parish7.2-14.5 pts
63Jefferson Parish5.9+0.4 pts
64Lincoln Parish4.1-12.5 pts

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Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.

Deaths are counted where the crash happened and divided by the resident population, so counties with busy highways and few residents can show very high rates. Differs from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Invokely. (n.d.). NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents (Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate, 2015) [Data set]. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k

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NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents, Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate, 2015. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Invokely. n.d. NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate, 2015. Dataset. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k.

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Which county has the highest traffic fatality rate?

Madison Parish, with 98.4 per 100,000 people in 2015, according to NHTSA and BEA.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?

Lincoln Parish, with 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2015.

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