Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Lincoln Parish in 2024.

FARS records 69 deaths in 65 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.5 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, Lincoln Parish was number 37 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Lincoln Parish fell by 32.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (102) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (69).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 53.8% of the fatal crashes in Lincoln 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 Lincoln Parish by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Lincoln Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	3
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	8	8	3
2021	15	12	3
2020	7	7	1 or 2
2019	8	7	1 or 2
2018	6	6	0
2017	5	5	4
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015 to 2024	69	65	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 16 (2002)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Lincoln Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	4	4
2022	8	8
2021	15	12
2020	7	7
2019	8	7
2018	6	6
2017	5	5
2016	4	4
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	8	8
2013	8	8
2012	9	8
2011	10	10
2010	8	7
2009	8	7
2008	14	12
2007	11	11
2006	12	10
2005	14	12
2004	8	7
2003	12	11
2002	16	15
2001	8	7
2000	10	9
1999	7	5
1998	13	12
1997	9	7
1996	13	12
1995	8	6
1994	9	8
1993	8	8
1992	8	8
1991	12	10
1990	15	10
1989	11	10
1988	12	7
1987	10	9
1986	8	7
1985	6	6
1984	6	6
1983	8	6
1982	15	14
1981	4	4
1980	9	8
1979	7	7
1978	8	8
1977	11	9
1976	11	8
1975	8	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.Lincoln Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lincoln Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	20.7	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.5	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. Lincoln Parish had 48,232 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lincoln Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 65 fatal crashes	17	65 fatal crashes	26.2%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 65 fatal crashes	17	65 fatal crashes	26.2%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 44 occupant deaths with restraint use known	26	44 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.1%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 69 deaths	13	69 deaths	18.8%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 69 deaths	0	69 deaths	0.0%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 69 deaths	5	69 deaths	7.2%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 65 fatal crashes with the condition reported	35	65 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.8%	45.1%
In the darkof 64 fatal crashes with the condition reported	31	64 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.4%	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.Lincoln 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	6
Monday	3	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Tuesday	0	4	0	1 or 2	6
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	4	12
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6	12
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	8
Saturday	5	0	4	3	12
All days	15	15	17	18	65

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.Lincoln Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	18	27.7%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	10	15.4%	23.6%
Minor arterial	15	23.1%	21.2%
Major collector	8	12.3%	16.6%
Minor collector	4	6.2%	5.6%
Local	10	15.4%	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.Lincoln Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	30
Dark, not lighted	23
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Lincoln Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	57
Cloudy	7
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Lincoln Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lincoln	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 20	Interstate	18	169
US Route 80	US highway	7	73
US Route 167	US highway	4	107

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.Lincoln 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
Lincoln Parish: 14.5

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 Lincoln Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bienville Parish	Louisiana	9	38	29.0
Claiborne Parish	Louisiana	4	31	20.8
Jackson Parish	Louisiana	4	36	23.1
Ouachita Parish	Louisiana	27	276	17.6
Union Parish	Louisiana	4	44	20.4

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 Lincoln 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. Lincoln Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/la/lincoln/. 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 Lincoln in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 102 deaths in Lincoln Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 69 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lincoln in 2024?

The rate of Lincoln Parish in 2024 was 20.7 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 Lincoln had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 65 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 Lincoln?

FARS records 18 fatal crashes on Interstate 20 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 7 fatal crashes on US Route 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 4 fatal crashes on US Route 167 in the county from 2015 to 2024.