Lafourche Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Lafourche Parish in 2024.

FARS records 215 deaths in 184 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.1 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, Lafourche Parish was number 13 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Lafourche Parish fell by 10.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (239) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (215).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 40.4% of the occupants killed in Lafourche 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 Lafourche 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.Lafourche Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	9	4
2023	19	17	3
2022	39	35	14
2021	30	21	6
2020	19	18	6
2019	15	13	3
2018	12	11	3
2017	23	17	6
2016	24	23	6
2015	20	20	9
2015 to 2024	215	184	60

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 47 (1982)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Lafourche Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	9
2023	19	17
2022	39	35
2021	30	21
2020	19	18
2019	15	13
2018	12	11
2017	23	17
2016	24	23
2015	20	20
2014	29	26
2013	24	22
2012	19	18
2011	17	17
2010	21	19
2009	17	17
2008	34	30
2007	28	25
2006	27	26
2005	23	20
2004	40	34
2003	24	21
2002	35	30
2001	27	23
2000	14	13
1999	30	26
1998	24	21
1997	29	24
1996	30	23
1995	27	26
1994	31	27
1993	26	23
1992	21	19
1991	25	21
1990	31	24
1989	28	25
1988	26	25
1987	27	24
1986	27	22
1985	30	26
1984	33	29
1983	37	35
1982	47	36
1981	42	39
1980	32	30
1979	41	34
1978	25	21
1977	31	28
1976	28	23
1975	35	29

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.Lafourche Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lafourche Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	14.7	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.1	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. Lafourche Parish had 95,492 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lafourche Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 184 fatal crashes	60	184 fatal crashes	32.6%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 184 fatal crashes	48	184 fatal crashes	26.1%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 151 occupant deaths with restraint use known	61	151 occupant deathswith restraint use known	40.4%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 215 deaths	21	215 deaths	9.8%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 215 deaths	8	215 deaths	3.7%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 215 deaths	23	215 deaths	10.7%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 184 fatal crashes with the condition reported	73	184 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.7%	45.1%
In the darkof 183 fatal crashes with the condition reported	94	183 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.4%	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.Lafourche 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	10	3	6	11	30
Monday	8	3	6	11	28
Tuesday	5	7	6	5	23
Wednesday	5	4	8	3	20
Thursday	4	11	8	9	32
Friday	5	8	4	11	28
Saturday	4	6	3	8	21
All days	41	42	41	58	182

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.Lafourche Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	7	3.8%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	15	8.2%	23.6%
Minor arterial	107	58.2%	21.2%
Major collector	36	19.6%	16.6%
Minor collector	8	4.3%	5.6%
Local	11	6.0%	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.Lafourche Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	79
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	42
Dawn	8
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lafourche Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	129
Cloudy	30
Rain	19
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lafourche Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lafourche	In all of Louisiana
State Route 1	State highway	41	174
State Route 20	State highway	13	27
State Route 24	State highway	6	31
State Route 182	State highway	10	78
State Route 308	State highway	48	62
US Route 90	US highway	16	298
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.Lafourche 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
Lafourche Parish: 22.1

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 Lafourche Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Assumption Parish	Louisiana	4	52	24.2
Jefferson Parish	Louisiana	24	322	7.4
St. Charles Parish	Louisiana	10	73	14.0
St. James Parish	Louisiana	5	57	27.9
St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	8	104	24.7
Terrebonne Parish	Louisiana	15	171	15.7

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 Lafourche 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

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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 Lafourche in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 239 deaths in Lafourche Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 215 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lafourche in 2024?

The rate of Lafourche Parish in 2024 was 14.7 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 Lafourche had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 60 of 184 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 Lafourche?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 135 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.