Counties in Louisiana by traffic fatality rate

St. Helena Parish had the highest traffic fatality rate of 64 counties in 2021, at 100.9 per 100,000 people. St. Charles Parish had the lowest, at 3.8 per 100,000 people. The median was 24.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Louisiana was 21 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

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Highest100.9St. Helena Parish
Median24.364 counties
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Map of counties, 2021

Acadia Parish: 47.2 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish: 26.6 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish: 53.1 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish: 22.9 per 100,000 peopleBeauregard Parish: 8.2 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish: 23.5 per 100,000 peopleBossier Parish: 8.5 per 100,000 peopleCaddo Parish: 20.2 per 100,000 peopleCalcasieu Parish: 27.3 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish: 39.3 per 100,000 peopleCatahoula Parish: 11.5 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish: 35.6 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish: 43.6 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish: 48.2 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish: 22.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish: 27.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish: 25.8 per 100,000 peopleEvangeline Parish: 18.6 per 100,000 peopleFranklin Parish: 20.4 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish: 35.9 per 100,000 peopleIberia Parish: 15.9 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish: 30.3 per 100,000 peopleJackson Parish: 20.1 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Parish: 10.4 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleLafayette Parish: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish: 30.7 per 100,000 peopleLaSalle Parish: 20.2 per 100,000 peopleLincoln Parish: 31.2 per 100,000 peopleLivingston Parish: 18.5 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish: 61.3 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish: 24 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish: 37.8 per 100,000 peopleOrleans Parish: 18.3 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish: 22 per 100,000 peoplePlaquemines Parish: 12.9 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish: 24.6 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish: 31.1 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish: 39.9 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish: 65.4 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish: 31.7 per 100,000 peopleSt. Bernard Parish: 4.5 per 100,000 peopleSt. Charles Parish: 3.8 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish: 100.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish: 55.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish: 21.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Martin Parish: 21.3 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish: 24.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Tammany Parish: 10.7 per 100,000 peopleTangipahoa Parish: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish: 99.4 per 100,000 peopleTerrebonne Parish: 18.4 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish: 28.6 per 100,000 peopleVermilion Parish: 17.6 per 100,000 peopleVernon Parish: 18.7 per 100,000 peopleWashington Parish: 13.3 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish: 31.3 per 100,000 peopleWest Feliciana Parish: 12.9 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish: 29.6 per 100,000 people
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per 100,000 people, 2021. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Top 40 counties, 2021

St. Helena Parish: 100.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish100.9Tensas Parish: 99.4 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish99.4Richland Parish: 65.4 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish65.4Madison Parish: 61.3 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish61.3St. James Parish: 55.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish55.6Assumption Parish: 53.1 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish53.1De Soto Parish: 48.2 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish48.2Acadia Parish: 47.2 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish47.2West Baton Rouge Parish: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish46.8Concordia Parish: 43.6 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish43.6Caldwell Parish: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish41.8Red River Parish: 39.9 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish39.9Cameron Parish: 39.3 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish39.3Natchitoches Parish: 37.8 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish37.8Webster Parish: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish36.2Grant Parish: 35.9 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish35.9Claiborne Parish: 35.6 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish35.6Sabine Parish: 31.7 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish31.7West Carroll Parish: 31.3 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish31.3Lincoln Parish: 31.2 per 100,000 peopleLincoln Parish31.2Rapides Parish: 31.1 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish31.1Lafourche Parish: 30.7 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish30.7Iberville Parish: 30.3 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish30.3Winn Parish: 29.6 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish29.6Union Parish: 28.6 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish28.6East Carroll Parish: 27.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish27.7Calcasieu Parish: 27.3 per 100,000 peopleCalcasieu Parish27.3Allen Parish: 26.6 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish26.6East Feliciana Parish: 25.8 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish25.8St. Mary Parish: 24.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish24.9Jefferson Davis Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish24.7Pointe Coupee Parish: 24.6 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish24.6Morehouse Parish: 24 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish24Bienville Parish: 23.5 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish23.5Avoyelles Parish: 22.9 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish22.9East Baton Rouge Parish: 22.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish22.7Ascension Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish22.6Ouachita Parish: 22 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish22St. Landry Parish: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish21.9St. John the Baptist Parish: 21.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish21.4St. Helena Parish: 100.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Helena Parish100.9Tensas Parish: 99.4 per 100,000 peopleTensas Parish99.4Richland Parish: 65.4 per 100,000 peopleRichland Parish65.4Madison Parish: 61.3 per 100,000 peopleMadison Parish61.3St. James Parish: 55.6 per 100,000 peopleSt. James Parish55.6Assumption Parish: 53.1 per 100,000 peopleAssumption Parish53.1De Soto Parish: 48.2 per 100,000 peopleDe Soto Parish48.2Acadia Parish: 47.2 per 100,000 peopleAcadia Parish47.2West Baton Rouge Parish: 46.8 per 100,000 peopleWest Baton Rouge Parish46.8Concordia Parish: 43.6 per 100,000 peopleConcordia Parish43.6Caldwell Parish: 41.8 per 100,000 peopleCaldwell Parish41.8Red River Parish: 39.9 per 100,000 peopleRed River Parish39.9Cameron Parish: 39.3 per 100,000 peopleCameron Parish39.3Natchitoches Parish: 37.8 per 100,000 peopleNatchitoches Parish37.8Webster Parish: 36.2 per 100,000 peopleWebster Parish36.2Grant Parish: 35.9 per 100,000 peopleGrant Parish35.9Claiborne Parish: 35.6 per 100,000 peopleClaiborne Parish35.6Sabine Parish: 31.7 per 100,000 peopleSabine Parish31.7West Carroll Parish: 31.3 per 100,000 peopleWest Carroll Parish31.3Lincoln Parish: 31.2 per 100,000 peopleLincoln Parish31.2Rapides Parish: 31.1 per 100,000 peopleRapides Parish31.1Lafourche Parish: 30.7 per 100,000 peopleLafourche Parish30.7Iberville Parish: 30.3 per 100,000 peopleIberville Parish30.3Winn Parish: 29.6 per 100,000 peopleWinn Parish29.6Union Parish: 28.6 per 100,000 peopleUnion Parish28.6East Carroll Parish: 27.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Carroll Parish27.7Calcasieu Parish: 27.3 per 100,000 peopleCalcasieu Parish27.3Allen Parish: 26.6 per 100,000 peopleAllen Parish26.6East Feliciana Parish: 25.8 per 100,000 peopleEast Feliciana Parish25.8St. Mary Parish: 24.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Mary Parish24.9Jefferson Davis Parish: 24.7 per 100,000 peopleJefferson Davis Parish24.7Pointe Coupee Parish: 24.6 per 100,000 peoplePointe Coupee Parish24.6Morehouse Parish: 24 per 100,000 peopleMorehouse Parish24Bienville Parish: 23.5 per 100,000 peopleBienville Parish23.5Avoyelles Parish: 22.9 per 100,000 peopleAvoyelles Parish22.9East Baton Rouge Parish: 22.7 per 100,000 peopleEast Baton Rouge Parish22.7Ascension Parish: 22.6 per 100,000 peopleAscension Parish22.6Ouachita Parish: 22 per 100,000 peopleOuachita Parish22St. Landry Parish: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleSt. Landry Parish21.9St. John the Baptist Parish: 21.4 per 100,000 peopleSt. John the Baptist Parish21.4
per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2021
per 100,000 people
Change on 2020
1St. Helena Parish100.9+55 pts
2Tensas Parish99.4+75 pts
3Richland Parish65.4-4.4 pts
4Madison Parish61.3+20.9 pts
5St. James Parish55.6+45.6 pts
6Assumption Parish53.1+29.3 pts
7De Soto Parish48.2+3.5 pts
8Acadia Parish47.2+24.6 pts
9West Baton Rouge Parish46.8+2.7 pts
10Concordia Parish43.6+16.7 pts
11Caldwell Parish41.8+10.6 pts
12Red River Parish39.9-12.8 pts
13Cameron Parish39.3+21.5 pts
14Natchitoches Parish37.8+13.8 pts
15Webster Parish36.2+14.5 pts
16Grant Parish35.9+13.4 pts
17Claiborne Parish35.6+0.1 pts
18Sabine Parish31.7+22.6 pts
19West Carroll Parish31.3+21 pts
20Lincoln Parish31.2+16.7 pts
21Rapides Parish31.1+11.8 pts
22Lafourche Parish30.7+11.2 pts
23Iberville Parish30.3+10.3 pts
24Winn Parish29.6-6.8 pts
25Union Parish28.6+9.6 pts
26East Carroll Parish27.7+27.7 pts
27Calcasieu Parish27.3+12.5 pts
28Allen Parish26.6+13.3 pts
29East Feliciana Parish25.8+5.3 pts
30St. Mary Parish24.9+4.5 pts
31Jefferson Davis Parish24.7-0.1 pts
32Pointe Coupee Parish24.6-43.2 pts
33Morehouse Parish24-3.5 pts
34Bienville Parish23.5+0.2 pts
35Avoyelles Parish22.9-12.4 pts
36East Baton Rouge Parish22.7+3.2 pts
37Ascension Parish22.6+4.4 pts
38Ouachita Parish22+3.3 pts
39St. Landry Parish21.90 pts
40St. John the Baptist Parish21.4+4.8 pts
41St. Martin Parish21.3+5.8 pts
42Franklin Parish20.4-5 pts
43Caddo Parish20.2+3.3 pts
43LaSalle Parish20.2+6.7 pts
45Jackson Parish20.1-19.9 pts
46Tangipahoa Parish19.2-4.8 pts
47Vernon Parish18.7+6.4 pts
48Evangeline Parish18.60 pts
49Livingston Parish18.5-0.4 pts
50Terrebonne Parish18.4+1.9 pts
51Orleans Parish18.3+5 pts
52Vermilion Parish17.60 pts
53Iberia Parish15.9-8.4 pts
54Lafayette Parish14.3+3.6 pts
55Washington Parish13.3-22 pts
56West Feliciana Parish12.9-6.8 pts
57Plaquemines Parish12.9+4.3 pts
58Catahoula Parish11.5-22.4 pts
59St. Tammany Parish10.7-4.7 pts
60Jefferson Parish10.4+3.5 pts
61Bossier Parish8.5-3.1 pts
62Beauregard Parish8.2-27.3 pts
63St. Bernard Parish4.5-11.4 pts
64St. Charles Parish3.8-5.7 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, 2021) [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, 2021. 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, 2021. 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?

St. Helena Parish, with 100.9 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to NHTSA and BEA.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatality rate?

St. Charles Parish, with 3.8 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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