Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate

Richland Parish had the highest traffic fatality rate of 64 counties in 2020, at 69.9 per 100,000 people. East Carroll Parish had the lowest, at 0 per 100,000 people. The median was 19.8 per 100,000 people and the figure for Louisiana was 17.8 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

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Highest69.9Richland Parish
Median19.864 counties
Louisiana17.8History

Map of counties, 2020

Acadia Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish: 13.2 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish: 18.1 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish: 23.9 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish: 35.5 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish: 23.2 per 100,000 peopleBossier Parish: 11.7 per 100,000 peopleCaddo Parish: 16.9 per 100,000 peopleCalcasieu Parish: 14.8 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish: 31.2 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish: 17.8 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish: 33.9 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish: 35.4 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish: 26.9 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish: 19.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish: 0 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish: 18.6 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish: 25.4 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish: 24.3 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish: 20 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish: 40 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Parish: 6.8 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish: 24.8 per 100,000 peopleLafayette Parish: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish: 19.5 per 100,000 peopleLaSalle Parish: 13.5 per 100,000 peopleLincoln Parish: 14.5 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish: 18.9 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish: 27.5 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish: 24.1 per 100,000 peopleOrleans Parish: 13.3 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish: 18.7 per 100,000 peoplePlaquemines Parish: 8.5 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish: 67.7 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish: 52.7 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish: 69.9 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish: 9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Bernard Parish: 16 per 100,000 peopleSt. Charles Parish: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish: 45.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish: 9.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish: 16.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish: 15.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish: 20.3 per 100,000 peopleSt. Tammany Parish: 15.5 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish: 23.9 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish: 24.3 per 100,000 peopleTerrebonne Parish: 16.5 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish: 19 per 100,000 peopleVermilion Parish: 17.6 per 100,000 peopleVernon Parish: 12.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish: 21.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish: 44 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish: 10.3 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish: 19.7 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish: 36.4 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2020. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2020

Richland Parish: 69.9 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish69.9Pointe Coupee Parish: 67.7 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish67.7Red River Parish: 52.7 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish52.7St. Helena Parish: 45.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish45.9De Soto Parish: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish44.7West Baton Rouge Parish: 44 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish44Madison Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish40.3Jackson Parish: 40 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish40Winn Parish: 36.4 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish36.4Beauregard Parish: 35.5 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish35.5Claiborne Parish: 35.4 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish35.4Avoyelles Parish: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish35.3Washington Parish: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish35.3Catahoula Parish: 33.9 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish33.9Caldwell Parish: 31.2 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish31.2Morehouse Parish: 27.5 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish27.5Concordia Parish: 26.9 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish26.9Franklin Parish: 25.4 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish25.4Jefferson Davis Parish: 24.8 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish24.8Tensas Parish: 24.3 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish24.3Iberia Parish: 24.3 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish24.3Natchitoches Parish: 24.1 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish24.1Tangipahoa Parish: 23.9 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish23.9Assumption Parish: 23.9 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish23.9Bienville Parish: 23.2 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish23.2Acadia Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish22.6Grant Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish22.6St. Landry Parish: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish21.9Webster Parish: 21.7 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish21.7East Feliciana Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish20.6St. Mary Parish: 20.3 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish20.3Iberville Parish: 20 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish20West Feliciana Parish: 19.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish19.7East Baton Rouge Parish: 19.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish19.5Lafourche Parish: 19.5 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish19.5Rapides Parish: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish19.3Union Parish: 19 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish19Livingston Parish: 18.9 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish18.9Ouachita Parish: 18.7 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish18.7Evangeline Parish: 18.6 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish18.6Richland Parish: 69.9 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish69.9Pointe Coupee Parish: 67.7 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish67.7Red River Parish: 52.7 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish52.7St. Helena Parish: 45.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish45.9De Soto Parish: 44.7 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish44.7West Baton Rouge Parish: 44 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish44Madison Parish: 40.3 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish40.3Jackson Parish: 40 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish40Winn Parish: 36.4 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish36.4Beauregard Parish: 35.5 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish35.5Claiborne Parish: 35.4 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish35.4Avoyelles Parish: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish35.3Washington Parish: 35.3 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish35.3Catahoula Parish: 33.9 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish33.9Caldwell Parish: 31.2 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish31.2Morehouse Parish: 27.5 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish27.5Concordia Parish: 26.9 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish26.9Franklin Parish: 25.4 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish25.4Jefferson Davis Parish: 24.8 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish24.8Tensas Parish: 24.3 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish24.3Iberia Parish: 24.3 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish24.3Natchitoches Parish: 24.1 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish24.1Tangipahoa Parish: 23.9 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish23.9Assumption Parish: 23.9 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish23.9Bienville Parish: 23.2 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish23.2Acadia Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish22.6Grant Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish22.6St. Landry Parish: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish21.9Webster Parish: 21.7 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish21.7East Feliciana Parish: 20.6 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish20.6St. Mary Parish: 20.3 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish20.3Iberville Parish: 20 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish20West Feliciana Parish: 19.7 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish19.7East Baton Rouge Parish: 19.5 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish19.5Lafourche Parish: 19.5 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish19.5Rapides Parish: 19.3 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish19.3Union Parish: 19 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish19Livingston Parish: 18.9 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish18.9Ouachita Parish: 18.7 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish18.7Evangeline Parish: 18.6 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish18.6
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2020
per 100,000 people
Change on 2019
1Richland Parish69.9+15.3 pts
2Pointe Coupee Parish67.7+34.3 pts
3Red River Parish52.7+39.8 pts
4St. Helena Parish45.9+0.1 pts
5De Soto Parish44.7+25.9 pts
6West Baton Rouge Parish44+3.2 pts
7Madison Parish40.3+40.3 pts
8Jackson Parish40+7.1 pts
9Winn Parish36.4+36.4 pts
10Beauregard Parish35.5+24.5 pts
11Claiborne Parish35.4-13.1 pts
12Avoyelles Parish35.3+20.2 pts
13Washington Parish35.3+24.4 pts
14Catahoula Parish33.9+22.9 pts
15Caldwell Parish31.2+31.2 pts
16Morehouse Parish27.5-11 pts
17Concordia Parish26.9+11.1 pts
18Franklin Parish25.4-4.7 pts
19Jefferson Davis Parish24.8-6.1 pts
20Tensas Parish24.3-22.5 pts
21Iberia Parish24.3+10 pts
22Natchitoches Parish24.1-10.2 pts
23Tangipahoa Parish23.9+12.6 pts
24Assumption Parish23.9-4.3 pts
25Bienville Parish23.2+0.5 pts
26Acadia Parish22.6-1.5 pts
27Grant Parish22.6-4.4 pts
28St. Landry Parish21.9-7 pts
29Webster Parish21.7+5.6 pts
30East Feliciana Parish20.6-4.9 pts
31St. Mary Parish20.3+14.4 pts
32Iberville Parish20-22.3 pts
33West Feliciana Parish19.7-6.3 pts
34East Baton Rouge Parish19.5+6.6 pts
35Lafourche Parish19.5+4.1 pts
36Rapides Parish19.3+3.2 pts
37Union Parish19+14.2 pts
38Livingston Parish18.9-6.7 pts
39Ouachita Parish18.7+3.2 pts
40Evangeline Parish18.6+0.1 pts
41Ascension Parish18.1+5.3 pts
42Cameron Parish17.8-34.9 pts
43Vermilion Parish17.6+10.6 pts
44Caddo Parish16.9+1.9 pts
45St. John the Baptist Parish16.5-18.6 pts
46Terrebonne Parish16.5+6.5 pts
47St. Bernard Parish16-0.1 pts
48St. Martin Parish15.5-13.2 pts
49St. Tammany Parish15.5+2.5 pts
50Calcasieu Parish14.8-1.4 pts
51Lincoln Parish14.5-2 pts
52LaSalle Parish13.5-27.3 pts
53Orleans Parish13.3+1.9 pts
54Allen Parish13.2-8.5 pts
55Vernon Parish12.3+2.2 pts
56Bossier Parish11.7+3.1 pts
57Lafayette Parish10.7+2 pts
58West Carroll Parish10.3+0.3 pts
59St. James Parish9.9-29.1 pts
60St. Charles Parish9.5-13.3 pts
61Sabine Parish9-13.3 pts
62Plaquemines Parish8.5-4.2 pts
63Jefferson Parish6.8-1.6 pts
64East Carroll Parish0-13.2 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, 2020) [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, 2020. 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?

Richland Parish, with 69.9 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to NHTSA and BEA.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?

East Carroll Parish, with 0 per 100,000 people in 2020.

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