Madison Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Madison Parish in 2024.

FARS records 48 deaths in 42 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 46.1 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, Madison Parish was number 48 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Madison Parish fell by 12.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (55) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (48).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 90.5% of the fatal crashes in Madison 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 Madison 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.Madison Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	4	1 or 2
2023	4	3	1 or 2
2022	3	3	0
2021	6	5	1 or 2
2020	4	3	1 or 2
2019	0	0	0
2018	4	3	0
2017	7	7	1 or 2
2016	4	4	1 or 2
2015	11	10	3
2015 to 2024	48	42	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 11 (2003)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Madison Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	4
2023	4	3
2022	3	3
2021	6	5
2020	4	3
2019	0	0
2018	4	3
2017	7	7
2016	4	4
2015	11	10
2014	4	3
2013	5	3
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	4	4
2010	8	7
2009	3	3
2008	5	4
2007	10	6
2006	4	4
2005	11	11
2004	3	3
2003	11	4
2002	5	5
2001	5	5
2000	5	5
1999	5	4
1998	8	5
1997	5	1 or 2
1996	1 or 2	1 or 2
1995	4	4
1994	4	4
1993	4	4
1992	9	7
1991	4	4
1990	7	5
1989	4	4
1988	5	5
1987	1 or 2	1 or 2
1986	3	1 or 2
1985	8	5
1984	6	6
1983	9	8
1982	6	5
1981	5	4
1980	5	5
1979	7	6
1978	10	8
1977	3	1 or 2
1976	7	6
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.Madison Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Madison Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	55.1	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	46.1	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. Madison Parish had 9,076 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Madison Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 42 fatal crashes	14	42 fatal crashes	33.3%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 42 fatal crashes	7	42 fatal crashes	16.7%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 33 occupant deaths with restraint use known	19	33 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.6%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 48 deaths	7	48 deaths	14.6%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 48 deaths	0	48 deaths	0.0%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 48 deaths	4	48 deaths	8.3%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	38	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	90.5%	45.1%
In the darkof 42 fatal crashes with the condition reported	28	42 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	66.7%	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.Madison 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	4	0	1 or 2	0	6
Monday	1 or 2	0	0	1 or 2	3
Tuesday	3	0	0	1 or 2	5
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8
Friday	4	0	1 or 2	5	11
Saturday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	0	3
All days	14	4	10	14	42

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.Madison Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	18	42.9%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	6	14.3%	23.6%
Minor arterial	0	0.0%	21.2%
Major collector	9	21.4%	16.6%
Minor collector	3	7.1%	5.6%
Local	6	14.3%	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.Madison Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	11
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Madison Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	32
Cloudy	6
Rain	3
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Madison Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Madison	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 20	Interstate	18	169
US Route 65	US highway	5	20
US Route 80	US highway	10	73

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.Madison 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
Madison Parish: 46.1

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 Madison Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
East Carroll Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	13	18.4
Franklin Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	52	26.2
Richland Parish	Louisiana	8	71	35.3
Tensas Parish	Louisiana	0	14	33.0
Warren County	Mississippi	16	110	24.6

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

FARS records 55 deaths in Madison Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 48 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Madison in 2024?

The rate of Madison Parish in 2024 was 55.1 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 Madison had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 42 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 Madison?

FARS records 18 fatal crashes on Interstate 20 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 5 fatal crashes on US Route 65 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 10 fatal crashes on US Route 80 in the county from 2015 to 2024.