Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 7 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Natchitoches Parish in 2024.

FARS records 95 deaths in 88 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.2 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, Natchitoches Parish was number 25 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Natchitoches Parish fell by 12.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (108) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (95).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 72.4% of the fatal crashes in Natchitoches 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 Natchitoches 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.Natchitoches Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	7	7	1 or 2
2023	7	7	3
2022	13	11	3
2021	14	14	3
2020	9	9	1 or 2
2019	13	12	0
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	6	5	0
2016	10	10	3
2015	8	5	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	95	88	18

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 32 (1980)2024: 7

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

Table 2.Natchitoches Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	7	7
2023	7	7
2022	13	11
2021	14	14
2020	9	9
2019	13	12
2018	8	8
2017	6	5
2016	10	10
2015	8	5
2014	6	5
2013	10	10
2012	8	8
2011	12	11
2010	11	11
2009	20	16
2008	11	10
2007	16	15
2006	8	7
2005	6	6
2004	10	9
2003	12	10
2002	6	6
2001	11	9
2000	9	8
1999	8	8
1998	12	11
1997	6	6
1996	12	11
1995	14	14
1994	16	16
1993	15	12
1992	15	11
1991	9	9
1990	5	5
1989	12	12
1988	13	13
1987	16	14
1986	18	17
1985	10	8
1984	12	11
1983	10	10
1982	32	22
1981	12	12
1980	32	22
1979	13	12
1978	20	20
1977	13	12
1976	14	14
1975	17	12

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.Natchitoches Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Natchitoches Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	19.3	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.2	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. Natchitoches Parish had 36,185 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Natchitoches Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 88 fatal crashes	18	88 fatal crashes	20.5%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 88 fatal crashes	21	88 fatal crashes	23.9%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 67 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	67 occupant deathswith restraint use known	59.7%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 95 deaths	18	95 deaths	18.9%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 95 deaths	3	95 deaths	3.2%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 95 deaths	1 or 2	95 deaths	2.1%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 87 fatal crashes with the condition reported	63	87 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	72.4%	45.1%
In the darkof 88 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	88 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	45.5%	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.Natchitoches 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	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	6	17
Monday	3	3	4	6	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	5	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Thursday	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	12
Friday	4	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	8
Saturday	5	1 or 2	3	5	15
All days	20	13	27	28	88

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.Natchitoches Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	19	21.8%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	17	19.5%	23.6%
Minor arterial	20	23.0%	21.2%
Major collector	17	19.5%	16.6%
Minor collector	6	6.9%	5.6%
Local	8	9.2%	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.Natchitoches Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	40
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	5
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Natchitoches Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	68
Cloudy	11
Rain	7
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 Natchitoches Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Natchitoches	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 49	Interstate	19	118
State Route 1	State highway	10	174
State Route 6	State highway	15	30
US Route 71	US highway	9	98
US Route 84	US highway	1 or 2	42

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.Natchitoches 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
Natchitoches Parish: 25.2

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 Natchitoches Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Bienville Parish	Louisiana	9	38	29.0
De Soto Parish	Louisiana	0	75	27.6
Grant Parish	Louisiana	6	66	29.7
Rapides Parish	Louisiana	25	242	18.7
Red River Parish	Louisiana	3	27	33.8
Sabine Parish	Louisiana	9	61	26.5
Vernon Parish	Louisiana	5	77	15.8
Winn Parish	Louisiana	6	45	31.8

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

FARS records 108 deaths in Natchitoches Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 95 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Natchitoches in 2024?

The rate of Natchitoches Parish in 2024 was 19.3 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 Natchitoches had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 18 of 88 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 Natchitoches?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 54 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.