Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 24 deaths in 23 fatal crashes in Jefferson Parish in 2024.

FARS records 322 deaths in 302 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 7.4 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 Parish was number 5 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Jefferson Parish rose by 5.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (306) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (322).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 16.4% of the fatal crashes in Jefferson 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 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 Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	24	23	5
2023	32	31	9
2022	38	35	14
2021	45	40	18
2020	30	29	8
2019	37	33	11
2018	28	25	8
2017	28	28	8
2016	34	33	12
2015	26	25	7
2015 to 2024	322	302	100

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 68 (1976)2024: 24

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

Table 2.Jefferson Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	24	23
2023	32	31
2022	38	35
2021	45	40
2020	30	29
2019	37	33
2018	28	25
2017	28	28
2016	34	33
2015	26	25
2014	24	22
2013	22	21
2012	28	27
2011	18	18
2010	16	14
2009	29	28
2008	31	31
2007	44	44
2006	55	51
2005	39	35
2004	26	24
2003	45	45
2002	38	36
2001	24	22
2000	35	31
1999	26	25
1998	47	41
1997	52	45
1996	42	37
1995	41	35
1994	43	39
1993	33	32
1992	41	39
1991	55	50
1990	63	56
1989	53	50
1988	47	46
1987	38	33
1986	44	41
1985	51	50
1984	58	51
1983	39	38
1982	67	63
1981	67	62
1980	67	57
1979	59	53
1978	63	60
1977	58	56
1976	68	59
1975	54	50

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 Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Jefferson Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	5.6	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	7.4	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 Parish had 432,404 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Jefferson Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 302 fatal crashes	100	302 fatal crashes	33.1%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 302 fatal crashes	69	302 fatal crashes	22.8%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 144 occupant deaths with restraint use known	82	144 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.9%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 322 deaths	81	322 deaths	25.2%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 322 deaths	17	322 deaths	5.3%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 322 deaths	56	322 deaths	17.4%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 293 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	293 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	16.4%	45.1%
In the darkof 298 fatal crashes with the condition reported	174	298 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.4%	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 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	14	9	13	21	57
Monday	6	9	6	14	35
Tuesday	9	5	11	14	39
Wednesday	4	10	10	13	37
Thursday	8	4	8	20	40
Friday	4	6	11	19	40
Saturday	16	5	11	19	51
All days	61	48	70	120	299

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 Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	29	9.8%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	25	8.5%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	105	35.6%	23.6%
Minor arterial	43	14.6%	21.2%
Major collector	19	6.4%	16.6%
Minor collector	6	2.0%	5.6%
Local	68	23.1%	17.0%
Not reported	7	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 Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	115
Dark, not lighted	33
Dark, lighted	141
Dawn	3
Dusk	6
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	4

Table 8.Jefferson Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	228
Cloudy	49
Rain	17
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	3

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Jefferson Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Jefferson	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	20	472
State Route 1	State highway	1 or 2	174
State Route 18	State highway	9	25
State Route 23	State highway	4	26
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	32
US Route 61	US highway	28	241
US Route 90	US highway	32	298

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 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 Parish: 7.4

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 Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Lafourche Parish	Louisiana	14	215	22.1
Orleans Parish	Louisiana	60	549	14.4
Plaquemines Parish	Louisiana	5	33	14.3
St. Charles Parish	Louisiana	10	73	14.0
St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	8	104	24.7
St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana	31	317	12.0

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 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 Jefferson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 306 deaths in Jefferson Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 322 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Jefferson in 2024?

The rate of Jefferson Parish in 2024 was 5.6 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 had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 100 of 302 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?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 95 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.