Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Avoyelles Parish in 2024.

FARS records 87 deaths in 79 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.9 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, Avoyelles Parish was number 26 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Avoyelles Parish fell by 9.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (96) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (87).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 80.8% of the fatal crashes in Avoyelles 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 Avoyelles 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.Avoyelles Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	1 or 2
2023	11	10	3
2022	10	10	5
2021	9	9	1 or 2
2020	14	10	1 or 2
2019	6	6	1 or 2
2018	3	3	1 or 2
2017	7	7	3
2016	6	5	1 or 2
2015	7	7	5
2015 to 2024	87	79	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (1979)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Avoyelles Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	11	10
2022	10	10
2021	9	9
2020	14	10
2019	6	6
2018	3	3
2017	7	7
2016	6	5
2015	7	7
2014	13	9
2013	9	8
2012	5	5
2011	10	10
2010	8	8
2009	5	5
2008	7	7
2007	11	10
2006	10	10
2005	18	17
2004	9	7
2003	9	8
2002	10	7
2001	8	8
2000	11	8
1999	16	14
1998	6	6
1997	11	9
1996	6	6
1995	13	12
1994	14	9
1993	14	9
1992	11	9
1991	10	10
1990	8	8
1989	8	7
1988	16	14
1987	13	9
1986	11	9
1985	10	10
1984	6	6
1983	9	9
1982	8	8
1981	12	9
1980	18	18
1979	28	24
1978	11	10
1977	11	9
1976	14	13
1975	14	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.Avoyelles Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Avoyelles Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	36.5	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.9	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. Avoyelles Parish had 38,333 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Avoyelles Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 79 fatal crashes	23	79 fatal crashes	29.1%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 79 fatal crashes	23	79 fatal crashes	29.1%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 64 occupant deaths with restraint use known	43	64 occupant deathswith restraint use known	67.2%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 87 deaths	10	87 deaths	11.5%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 87 deaths	0	87 deaths	0.0%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 87 deaths	8	87 deaths	9.2%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 78 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	78 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	80.8%	45.1%
In the darkof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	36	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.6%	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.Avoyelles 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	3	1 or 2	3	4	11
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	1 or 2	10
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5
Thursday	3	1 or 2	0	4	9
Friday	3	4	8	6	21
Saturday	1 or 2	0	7	7	15
All days	14	11	27	27	79

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.Avoyelles Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	3	3.8%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	0	0.0%	23.6%
Minor arterial	25	32.1%	21.2%
Major collector	24	30.8%	16.6%
Minor collector	10	12.8%	5.6%
Local	16	20.5%	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.Avoyelles Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Avoyelles Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	57
Cloudy	14
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Avoyelles Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Avoyelles	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 49	Interstate	3	118
State Route 1	State highway	14	174
State Route 107	State highway	15	20

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.Avoyelles 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
Avoyelles Parish: 21.9

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 Avoyelles Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Catahoula Parish	Louisiana	4	22	24.0
Concordia Parish	Louisiana	5	48	25.2
Evangeline Parish	Louisiana	6	73	22.2
LaSalle Parish	Louisiana	3	31	20.7
Pointe Coupee Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	78	36.9
Rapides Parish	Louisiana	25	242	18.7
St. Landry Parish	Louisiana	16	197	23.9
West Feliciana Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	22	14.3

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 Avoyelles 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.

Cite this page

Fatal Roads. Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/la/avoyelles/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

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

FARS records 96 deaths in Avoyelles Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 87 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Avoyelles in 2024?

The rate of Avoyelles Parish in 2024 was 36.5 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 Avoyelles had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 79 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 Avoyelles?

FARS records 3 fatal crashes on Interstate 49 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on State Route 1 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 15 fatal crashes on State Route 107 in the county from 2015 to 2024.