Ascension Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 21 fatal crashes in Ascension Parish in 2024.

FARS records 237 deaths in 221 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.7 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, Ascension Parish was number 12 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Ascension Parish rose by 8.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (219) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (237).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 23.3% of the fatal crashes in Ascension 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 Ascension 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.Ascension Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	21	9
2023	24	22	7
2022	24	23	10
2021	29	28	10
2020	23	23	4
2019	16	16	6
2018	32	30	12
2017	27	24	9
2016	21	18	7
2015	19	16	4
2015 to 2024	237	221	78

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1990)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Ascension Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	21
2023	24	22
2022	24	23
2021	29	28
2020	23	23
2019	16	16
2018	32	30
2017	27	24
2016	21	18
2015	19	16
2014	23	21
2013	23	23
2012	21	17
2011	15	14
2010	19	16
2009	22	17
2008	20	19
2007	22	22
2006	31	27
2005	23	20
2004	28	25
2003	26	21
2002	22	20
2001	20	18
2000	21	20
1999	18	18
1998	23	19
1997	18	16
1996	17	14
1995	27	26
1994	20	17
1993	21	18
1992	22	22
1991	15	15
1990	34	29
1989	15	13
1988	16	16
1987	23	19
1986	26	20
1985	16	14
1984	14	13
1983	23	19
1982	24	21
1981	24	24
1980	20	20
1979	23	20
1978	16	16
1977	13	13
1976	28	24
1975	12	11

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.Ascension Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ascension Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	16.4	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.7	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. Ascension Parish had 134,027 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ascension Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 221 fatal crashes	78	221 fatal crashes	35.3%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 221 fatal crashes	52	221 fatal crashes	23.5%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 144 occupant deaths with restraint use known	94	144 occupant deathswith restraint use known	65.3%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 237 deaths	32	237 deaths	13.5%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 237 deaths	15	237 deaths	6.3%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 237 deaths	29	237 deaths	12.2%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 219 fatal crashes with the condition reported	51	219 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	23.3%	45.1%
In the darkof 218 fatal crashes with the condition reported	135	218 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	61.9%	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.Ascension 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	11	5	12	13	41
Monday	9	6	10	6	31
Tuesday	7	4	4	10	25
Wednesday	7	4	6	10	27
Thursday	6	4	4	7	21
Friday	7	6	8	14	35
Saturday	13	6	3	16	38
All days	60	35	47	76	218

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.Ascension Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	36	16.4%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	75	34.2%	23.6%
Minor arterial	38	17.4%	21.2%
Major collector	39	17.8%	16.6%
Minor collector	12	5.5%	5.6%
Local	19	8.7%	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.Ascension Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	71
Dark, not lighted	109
Dark, lighted	24
Dawn	5
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Ascension Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	171
Cloudy	29
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Ascension Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ascension	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	36	472
State Route 1	State highway	10	174
State Route 18	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 22	State highway	13	52
State Route 30	State highway	13	39
State Route 42	State highway	7	34
State Route 44	State highway	16	27
State Route 70	State highway	7	28
State Route 73	State highway	5	23
State Route 75	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 308	State highway	3	62
US Route 61	US highway	30	241

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.Ascension 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
Ascension Parish: 18.7

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 Ascension Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Assumption Parish	Louisiana	4	52	24.2
East Baton Rouge Parish	Louisiana	66	716	15.9
Iberville Parish	Louisiana	11	96	30.7
Livingston Parish	Louisiana	27	274	19.1
St. James Parish	Louisiana	5	57	27.9
St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	8	104	24.7

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 Ascension 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 Ascension in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 219 deaths in Ascension Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 237 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ascension in 2024?

The rate of Ascension Parish in 2024 was 16.4 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 Ascension had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 78 of 221 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 Ascension?

12 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 144 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.