Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Jefferson Davis Parish in 2024.

FARS records 97 deaths in 90 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 30.6 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, Jefferson Davis Parish was number 23 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Jefferson Davis Parish rose by 3.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (94) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (97).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.0% of the fatal crashes in Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis 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.Jefferson Davis Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	10	9	1 or 2
2022	12	11	3
2021	8	8	1 or 2
2020	8	8	4
2019	10	9	1 or 2
2018	7	7	1 or 2
2017	12	9	1 or 2
2016	12	12	1 or 2
2015	10	9	4
2015 to 2024	97	90	22

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 27 (2003)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Jefferson Davis Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	10	9
2022	12	11
2021	8	8
2020	8	8
2019	10	9
2018	7	7
2017	12	9
2016	12	12
2015	10	9
2014	4	4
2013	7	7
2012	7	6
2011	5	5
2010	11	9
2009	5	5
2008	18	15
2007	13	13
2006	12	12
2005	12	11
2004	5	4
2003	27	21
2002	8	7
2001	13	13
2000	15	12
1999	11	10
1998	9	7
1997	9	9
1996	7	7
1995	13	12
1994	6	6
1993	11	11
1992	16	14
1991	7	6
1990	8	6
1989	16	12
1988	9	8
1987	10	10
1986	8	6
1985	13	10
1984	15	14
1983	15	13
1982	15	10
1981	16	12
1980	13	13
1979	17	14
1978	14	11
1977	9	7
1976	15	13
1975	9	7

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.Jefferson Davis Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jefferson Davis Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	25.4	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	30.6	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. Jefferson Davis Parish had 31,527 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jefferson Davis Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 90 fatal crashes	22	90 fatal crashes	24.4%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 90 fatal crashes	19	90 fatal crashes	21.1%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 61 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	61 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.4%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 97 deaths	18	97 deaths	18.6%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 97 deaths	5	97 deaths	5.2%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 97 deaths	9	97 deaths	9.3%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 89 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	89 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.0%	45.1%
In the darkof 89 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	89 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.7%	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.Jefferson Davis 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	3	3	7	16
Monday	1 or 2	4	4	3	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	5	4	16
Thursday	3	0	1 or 2	6	11
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	12
Saturday	3	3	3	6	15
All days	15	19	21	35	90

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.Jefferson Davis Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	28	31.5%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	15	16.9%	23.6%
Minor arterial	15	16.9%	21.2%
Major collector	4	4.5%	16.6%
Minor collector	13	14.6%	5.6%
Local	14	15.7%	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.Jefferson Davis Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Jefferson Davis Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	60
Cloudy	20
Rain	6
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 Jefferson Davis Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jefferson Davis	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	26	472
US Route 90	US highway	8	298
US Route 165	US highway	12	115
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.Jefferson Davis 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
Jefferson Davis Parish: 30.6

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 Jefferson Davis Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Acadia Parish	Louisiana	11	156	26.1
Allen Parish	Louisiana	5	57	23.7
Beauregard Parish	Louisiana	8	64	17.3
Calcasieu Parish	Louisiana	30	381	18.6
Cameron Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	12	20.0
Evangeline Parish	Louisiana	6	73	22.2
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 Jefferson Davis 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. Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/la/jefferson-davis/. 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 Jefferson Davis in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 94 deaths in Jefferson Davis Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 97 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jefferson Davis in 2024?

The rate of Jefferson Davis Parish in 2024 was 25.4 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 Jefferson Davis had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 22 of 90 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 Jefferson Davis?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 48 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.