Bossier Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 19 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Bossier Parish in 2024.

FARS records 135 deaths in 128 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 10.5 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, Bossier Parish was number 17 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Bossier Parish fell by 1.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (137) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (135).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.2% of the occupants killed in Bossier Parish with restraint use known had no restraint, against 57.5% 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 Bossier 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.Bossier Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	19	19	1 or 2
2023	14	14	4
2022	16	15	5
2021	11	11	5
2020	15	13	3
2019	11	11	3
2018	11	11	1 or 2
2017	15	12	4
2016	11	10	1 or 2
2015	12	12	3
2015 to 2024	135	128	32

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 39 (1975)2024: 19

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

Table 2.Bossier Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	19	19
2023	14	14
2022	16	15
2021	11	11
2020	15	13
2019	11	11
2018	11	11
2017	15	12
2016	11	10
2015	12	12
2014	14	14
2013	9	8
2012	12	11
2011	11	8
2010	18	17
2009	10	9
2008	17	16
2007	18	16
2006	14	13
2005	14	13
2004	23	21
2003	15	15
2002	15	13
2001	19	17
2000	17	16
1999	16	14
1998	12	12
1997	18	17
1996	18	16
1995	14	13
1994	16	14
1993	9	9
1992	17	17
1991	35	31
1990	20	18
1989	12	12
1988	21	21
1987	17	15
1986	21	21
1985	32	29
1984	20	20
1983	12	11
1982	31	25
1981	33	27
1980	39	34
1979	22	20
1978	22	17
1977	24	20
1976	20	19
1975	39	33

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.Bossier Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Bossier Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	14.5	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	10.5	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. Bossier Parish had 131,168 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Bossier Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 128 fatal crashes	32	128 fatal crashes	25.0%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 128 fatal crashes	25	128 fatal crashes	19.5%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 85 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	85 occupant deathswith restraint use known	41.2%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 135 deaths	22	135 deaths	16.3%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 135 deaths	1 or 2	135 deaths	1.5%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 135 deaths	13	135 deaths	9.6%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	29.9%	45.1%
In the darkof 127 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	127 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.9%	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.Bossier 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	7	7	22
Monday	1 or 2	4	3	5	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	7	4	15
Wednesday	3	3	7	4	17
Thursday	1 or 2	6	9	6	23
Friday	0	5	6	5	16
Saturday	3	1 or 2	7	10	21
All days	16	24	46	41	127

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.Bossier Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	24	19.0%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	31	24.6%	23.6%
Minor arterial	27	21.4%	21.2%
Major collector	15	11.9%	16.6%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.6%	5.6%
Local	27	21.4%	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.Bossier Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	63
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Bossier Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	108
Cloudy	14
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Bossier Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Bossier	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 20	Interstate	19	169
State Route 2	State highway	1 or 2	21
US Route 71	US highway	9	98
US Route 79	US highway	4	21
US Route 80	US highway	13	73

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.Bossier 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
Bossier Parish: 10.5

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 Bossier Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lafayette County	Arkansas	1 or 2	10	15.4
Miller County	Arkansas	8	112	26.0
Bienville Parish	Louisiana	9	38	29.0
Caddo Parish	Louisiana	42	398	16.7
Red River Parish	Louisiana	3	27	33.8
Webster Parish	Louisiana	5	86	22.9

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 Bossier 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 Bossier in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 137 deaths in Bossier Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 135 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Bossier in 2024?

The rate of Bossier Parish in 2024 was 14.5 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 Bossier had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 32 of 128 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 Bossier?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 46 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.