Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate

Tensas Parish had the highest traffic fatality rate of 64 counties in 2018, at 90.7 per 100,000 people. West Carroll Parish had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 21.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Louisiana was 16.5 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

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Highest90.7Tensas Parish
Median21.364 counties
Louisiana16.5History

Map of counties, 2018

Acadia Parish: 34.1 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish: 30.1 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish: 7.5 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish: 37.7 per 100,000 peopleBossier Parish: 8.6 per 100,000 peopleCaddo Parish: 21 per 100,000 peopleCalcasieu Parish: 16.3 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish: 10.2 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish: 21.6 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish: 0 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish: 15 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish: 14.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish: 26.2 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish: 19.9 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish: 35.8 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish: 21.1 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish: 32.4 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Parish: 6.3 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish: 21.6 per 100,000 peopleLafayette Parish: 7.5 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleLaSalle Parish: 13.6 per 100,000 peopleLincoln Parish: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish: 22.3 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish: 37.7 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish: 20.8 per 100,000 peopleOrleans Parish: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish: 14.9 per 100,000 peoplePlaquemines Parish: 0 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish: 28.3 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish: 19.8 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish: 25.2 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish: 26.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. Bernard Parish: 22.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Charles Parish: 15.3 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish: 64.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish: 38.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish: 30.2 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish: 31.1 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish: 23.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Tammany Parish: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish: 22.8 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish: 90.7 per 100,000 peopleTerrebonne Parish: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish: 32.8 per 100,000 peopleVermilion Parish: 15.5 per 100,000 peopleVernon Parish: 10.1 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish: 15.1 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish: 15.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish: 0 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish: 26.1 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish: 57 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2018. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2018

Tensas Parish: 90.7 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish90.7St. Helena Parish: 64.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish64.5Winn Parish: 57 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish57West Baton Rouge Parish: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish44.7East Feliciana Parish: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish40.5St. James Parish: 38.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish38.8Bienville Parish: 37.7 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish37.7Madison Parish: 37.7 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish37.7Grant Parish: 35.8 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish35.8Acadia Parish: 34.1 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish34.1Union Parish: 32.8 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish32.8Jackson Parish: 32.4 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish32.4St. Landry Parish: 31.1 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish31.1St. John the Baptist Parish: 30.2 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish30.2Allen Parish: 30.1 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish30.1Pointe Coupee Parish: 28.3 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish28.3Assumption Parish: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish27.6Sabine Parish: 26.6 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish26.6East Carroll Parish: 26.2 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish26.2West Feliciana Parish: 26.1 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish26.1Ascension Parish: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish25.9Concordia Parish: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish25.9Red River Parish: 25.2 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish25.2St. Martin Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish24.7Richland Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish24.7St. Mary Parish: 23.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish23.8St. Bernard Parish: 22.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Bernard Parish22.9Tangipahoa Parish: 22.8 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish22.8Iberville Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish22.5Livingston Parish: 22.3 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish22.3Jefferson Davis Parish: 21.6 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish21.6Catahoula Parish: 21.6 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish21.6Iberia Parish: 21.1 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish21.1Caddo Parish: 21 per 100,000 peopleCaddo Parish21Natchitoches Parish: 20.8 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish20.8Franklin Parish: 19.9 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish19.9Rapides Parish: 19.8 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish19.8Beauregard Parish: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish19.2Evangeline Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish18.4Cameron Parish: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish17.1Tensas Parish: 90.7 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish90.7St. Helena Parish: 64.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish64.5Winn Parish: 57 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish57West Baton Rouge Parish: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish44.7East Feliciana Parish: 40.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish40.5St. James Parish: 38.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish38.8Bienville Parish: 37.7 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish37.7Madison Parish: 37.7 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish37.7Grant Parish: 35.8 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish35.8Acadia Parish: 34.1 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish34.1Union Parish: 32.8 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish32.8Jackson Parish: 32.4 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish32.4St. Landry Parish: 31.1 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish31.1St. John the Baptist Parish: 30.2 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish30.2Allen Parish: 30.1 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish30.1Pointe Coupee Parish: 28.3 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish28.3Assumption Parish: 27.6 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish27.6Sabine Parish: 26.6 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish26.6East Carroll Parish: 26.2 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish26.2West Feliciana Parish: 26.1 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish26.1Ascension Parish: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish25.9Concordia Parish: 25.9 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish25.9Red River Parish: 25.2 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish25.2St. Martin Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish24.7Richland Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish24.7St. Mary Parish: 23.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish23.8St. Bernard Parish: 22.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Bernard Parish22.9Tangipahoa Parish: 22.8 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish22.8Iberville Parish: 22.5 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish22.5Livingston Parish: 22.3 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish22.3Jefferson Davis Parish: 21.6 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish21.6Catahoula Parish: 21.6 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish21.6Iberia Parish: 21.1 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish21.1Caddo Parish: 21 per 100,000 peopleCaddo Parish21Natchitoches Parish: 20.8 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish20.8Franklin Parish: 19.9 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish19.9Rapides Parish: 19.8 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish19.8Beauregard Parish: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish19.2Evangeline Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish18.4Cameron Parish: 17.1 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish17.1
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2018
per 100,000 people
Change on 2017
1Tensas Parish90.7+68.6 pts
2St. Helena Parish64.5-17.8 pts
3Winn Parish57+7.9 pts
4West Baton Rouge Parish44.7-0.4 pts
5East Feliciana Parish40.5+0.1 pts
6St. James Parish38.8+19.7 pts
7Bienville Parish37.7+23 pts
8Madison Parish37.7-27 pts
9Grant Parish35.8+8.8 pts
10Acadia Parish34.1+13.9 pts
11Union Parish32.8+28.2 pts
12Jackson Parish32.4+13 pts
13St. Landry Parish31.1+3.8 pts
14St. John the Baptist Parish30.2+11.7 pts
15Allen Parish30.1+8.9 pts
16Pointe Coupee Parish28.3-22.7 pts
17Assumption Parish27.6+18.6 pts
18Sabine Parish26.6-13 pts
19East Carroll Parish26.2+26.2 pts
20West Feliciana Parish26.1+6.4 pts
21Ascension Parish25.9+3.8 pts
22Concordia Parish25.9+20.8 pts
23Red River Parish25.2-37.1 pts
24St. Martin Parish24.7-7.2 pts
25Richland Parish24.7+0.3 pts
26St. Mary Parish23.8+4.3 pts
27St. Bernard Parish22.9+13.7 pts
28Tangipahoa Parish22.8-2.5 pts
29Iberville Parish22.5+3.5 pts
30Livingston Parish22.3+4.8 pts
31Jefferson Davis Parish21.6-15.6 pts
32Catahoula Parish21.6+11.1 pts
33Iberia Parish21.1+8.6 pts
34Caddo Parish21+7.2 pts
35Natchitoches Parish20.8+5.4 pts
36Franklin Parish19.9+0.1 pts
37Rapides Parish19.8+10 pts
38Beauregard Parish19.2-3 pts
39Evangeline Parish18.4+0.2 pts
40Cameron Parish17.1-33.6 pts
41Calcasieu Parish16.3-1.6 pts
42Webster Parish15.8-12.7 pts
43Vermilion Parish15.5+8.6 pts
44St. Charles Parish15.3-0 pts
45Washington Parish15.1-19.4 pts
46De Soto Parish15-15 pts
47Ouachita Parish14.9-2.4 pts
48East Baton Rouge Parish14.5-0.6 pts
49LaSalle Parish13.60 pts
50Lincoln Parish12.3+2.1 pts
51Lafourche Parish12.3-11.2 pts
52Terrebonne Parish11.7-14.3 pts
53Morehouse Parish11.4-7.4 pts
54St. Tammany Parish11.2-0.5 pts
55Orleans Parish10.6-1 pts
56Caldwell Parish10.2-30.6 pts
57Vernon Parish10.1-11.6 pts
58Bossier Parish8.6-3.1 pts
59Lafayette Parish7.5-0 pts
60Avoyelles Parish7.5-9.8 pts
61Jefferson Parish6.30 pts
62Claiborne Parish0-6.7 pts
62Plaquemines Parish0-4.2 pts
62West Carroll Parish0-29.2 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).

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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, 2018) [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, 2018. 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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Which county has the highest traffic fatality rate?

Tensas Parish, with 90.7 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to NHTSA and BEA.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?

West Carroll Parish, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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