Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Calcasieu Parish in 2024.

FARS records 381 deaths in 359 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.6 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, Calcasieu Parish was number 4 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Calcasieu Parish rose by 1.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (375) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (381).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 36.8% of the fatal crashes in Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu 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.Calcasieu Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	30	28	6
2023	42	40	13
2022	30	28	10
2021	56	54	17
2020	32	30	10
2019	35	32	10
2018	35	33	13
2017	38	36	13
2016	47	44	14
2015	36	34	14
2015 to 2024	381	359	120

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 67 (2006)2024: 30

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

Table 2.Calcasieu Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	30	28
2023	42	40
2022	30	28
2021	56	54
2020	32	30
2019	35	32
2018	35	33
2017	38	36
2016	47	44
2015	36	34
2014	24	23
2013	24	20
2012	36	32
2011	21	19
2010	31	27
2009	38	38
2008	50	44
2007	37	37
2006	67	60
2005	47	41
2004	45	40
2003	29	27
2002	29	27
2001	44	41
2000	37	33
1999	42	38
1998	52	46
1997	37	31
1996	29	24
1995	30	29
1994	25	24
1993	38	31
1992	29	28
1991	39	35
1990	28	24
1989	36	33
1988	42	36
1987	39	34
1986	32	25
1985	30	30
1984	27	25
1983	34	32
1982	17	17
1981	50	46
1980	49	43
1979	37	36
1978	38	37
1977	30	24
1976	29	28
1975	12	10

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.Calcasieu Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Calcasieu Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	14.5	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.6	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. Calcasieu Parish had 207,027 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Calcasieu Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 359 fatal crashes	120	359 fatal crashes	33.4%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 359 fatal crashes	76	359 fatal crashes	21.2%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 215 occupant deaths with restraint use known	118	215 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.9%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 381 deaths	71	381 deaths	18.6%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 381 deaths	16	381 deaths	4.2%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 381 deaths	55	381 deaths	14.4%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 359 fatal crashes with the condition reported	132	359 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	36.8%	45.1%
In the darkof 353 fatal crashes with the condition reported	207	353 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.6%	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.Calcasieu 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	17	7	7	21	52
Monday	7	8	13	19	47
Tuesday	9	7	10	20	46
Wednesday	12	11	12	17	52
Thursday	11	12	15	18	56
Friday	9	11	11	17	48
Saturday	15	8	13	19	55
All days	80	64	81	131	356

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.Calcasieu Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	83	23.1%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	52	14.5%	23.6%
Minor arterial	65	18.1%	21.2%
Major collector	44	12.3%	16.6%
Minor collector	13	3.6%	5.6%
Local	102	28.4%	17.0%
Not reported	0	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.Calcasieu Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	130
Dark, not lighted	148
Dark, lighted	59
Dawn	9
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Calcasieu Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	261
Cloudy	57
Rain	30
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	6

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Calcasieu Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Calcasieu	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	67	472
Interstate 20	Interstate	1 or 2	169
State Route 14	State highway	15	52
State Route 27	State highway	21	30
US Route 90	US highway	26	298
US Route 171	US highway	16	88
US Route 190	US highway	1 or 2	187

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.Calcasieu 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
Calcasieu Parish: 18.6

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 Calcasieu Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Beauregard Parish	Louisiana	8	64	17.3
Cameron Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	12	20.0
Jefferson Davis Parish	Louisiana	8	97	30.6
Newton County	Texas	6	49	37.6
Orange County	Texas	15	212	25.1

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 Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 375 deaths in Calcasieu Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 381 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Calcasieu in 2024?

The rate of Calcasieu 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 Calcasieu had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 120 of 359 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 Calcasieu?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 147 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.