Acadia Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 11 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Acadia Parish in 2024.

FARS records 156 deaths in 135 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.1 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Louisiana in the same years is 17.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Acadia Parish was number 16 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Acadia Parish rose by 2.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (152) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (156).

In the counties of Louisiana the deaths fell by 2.5% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 78.4% of the fatal crashes in Acadia Parish with a known setting were rural, against 45.1% in Louisiana.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Acadia Parish by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Acadia Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	11	9	4
2023	14	14	4
2022	16	14	1 or 2
2021	27	19	3
2020	13	13	4
2019	14	13	5
2018	20	17	4
2017	12	9	3
2016	12	11	3
2015	17	16	3
2015 to 2024	156	135	35

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Acadia Parish by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 28 (1981)2024: 11

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Acadia Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	11	9
2023	14	14
2022	16	14
2021	27	19
2020	13	13
2019	14	13
2018	20	17
2017	12	9
2016	12	11
2015	17	16
2014	18	13
2013	12	12
2012	9	7
2011	16	16
2010	15	12
2009	17	14
2008	18	14
2007	14	13
2006	15	14
2005	18	15
2004	16	13
2003	17	14
2002	14	14
2001	27	24
2000	11	11
1999	16	14
1998	21	15
1997	25	21
1996	16	13
1995	13	13
1994	15	14
1993	11	9
1992	13	13
1991	9	9
1990	17	11
1989	13	12
1988	21	19
1987	16	15
1986	13	13
1985	13	13
1984	23	17
1983	4	4
1982	18	17
1981	28	25
1980	24	22
1979	16	16
1978	21	20
1977	7	7
1976	21	20
1975	13	12

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Acadia Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Acadia Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	19.3	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.1	17.3	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Acadia Parish had 57,103 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Acadia Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 135 fatal crashes	35	135 fatal crashes	25.9%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 135 fatal crashes	21	135 fatal crashes	15.6%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 103 occupant deaths with restraint use known	65	103 occupant deathswith restraint use known	63.1%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 156 deaths	18	156 deaths	11.5%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 156 deaths	6	156 deaths	3.8%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 156 deaths	13	156 deaths	8.3%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 134 fatal crashes with the condition reported	105	134 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	78.4%	45.1%
In the darkof 132 fatal crashes with the condition reported	58	132 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.9%	54.3%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Acadia Parish: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	6	1 or 2	3	12	23
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	8	4	6	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	3	7	17
Thursday	3	7	4	3	17
Friday	4	5	10	6	25
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	11	20
All days	19	32	33	51	135

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Acadia Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	36	26.9%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	1 or 2	1.5%	23.6%
Minor arterial	32	23.9%	21.2%
Major collector	34	25.4%	16.6%
Minor collector	10	7.5%	5.6%
Local	20	14.9%	17.0%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Acadia Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	68
Dark, not lighted	53
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Acadia Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	107
Cloudy	15
Rain	10
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Acadia Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Acadia	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	36	472
State Route 13	State highway	16	29
US Route 90	US highway	9	298

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Louisiana

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Acadia Parish on the county map of Louisiana

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 101 county
10 to 14.911 counties
15 to 19.913 counties
20 to 29.928 counties
30 or more11 counties
Acadia Parish: 26.1

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Louisiana

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Acadia Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Evangeline Parish	Louisiana	6	73	22.2
Jefferson Davis Parish	Louisiana	8	97	30.6
Lafayette Parish	Louisiana	31	269	11.0
St. Landry Parish	Louisiana	16	197	23.9
Vermilion Parish	Louisiana	4	86	14.7

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Louisiana have a population nearest to that of Acadia Parish. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Louisiana Highway Safety CommissionThe highway safety office of Louisiana.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Acadia in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 152 deaths in Acadia Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 156 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Acadia in 2024?

The rate of Acadia Parish in 2024 was 19.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Louisiana was 16.3. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Acadia had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 135 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Acadia?

FARS records 36 fatal crashes on Interstate 10 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 16 fatal crashes on State Route 13 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 9 fatal crashes on US Route 90 in the county from 2015 to 2024.