Ouachita Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 27 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Ouachita Parish in 2024.

FARS records 276 deaths in 263 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.6 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, Ouachita Parish was number 8 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Ouachita Parish rose by 35.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (204) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (276).

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

From 2015 to 2024, pedestrians were 27.2% of the deaths in Ouachita Parish and 17.9% 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 Ouachita 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.Ouachita Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	27	27	11
2023	28	25	9
2022	38	35	8
2021	35	34	11
2020	30	27	9
2019	25	25	3
2018	24	23	5
2017	28	28	8
2016	20	19	6
2015	21	20	8
2015 to 2024	276	263	78

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 40 (2000)2024: 27

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

Table 2.Ouachita Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	27	27
2023	28	25
2022	38	35
2021	35	34
2020	30	27
2019	25	25
2018	24	23
2017	28	28
2016	20	19
2015	21	20
2014	23	17
2013	22	21
2012	7	6
2011	22	21
2010	18	17
2009	15	13
2008	25	23
2007	21	19
2006	27	23
2005	24	21
2004	15	14
2003	31	27
2002	21	19
2001	34	31
2000	40	35
1999	26	23
1998	17	14
1997	27	23
1996	26	23
1995	20	20
1994	19	18
1993	36	29
1992	30	25
1991	11	10
1990	19	17
1989	27	22
1988	29	26
1987	18	15
1986	28	23
1985	17	15
1984	26	23
1983	16	15
1982	13	13
1981	23	20
1980	22	20
1979	32	27
1978	21	21
1977	20	18
1976	16	14
1975	14	14

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.Ouachita Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Ouachita Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	17.0	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.6	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. Ouachita Parish had 158,746 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Ouachita Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 263 fatal crashes	78	263 fatal crashes	29.7%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 263 fatal crashes	46	263 fatal crashes	17.5%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 151 occupant deaths with restraint use known	75	151 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.7%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 276 deaths	75	276 deaths	27.2%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 276 deaths	13	276 deaths	4.7%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 276 deaths	25	276 deaths	9.1%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 261 fatal crashes with the condition reported	102	261 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	39.1%	45.1%
In the darkof 260 fatal crashes with the condition reported	146	260 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.2%	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.Ouachita 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	15	3	4	14	36
Monday	4	5	10	18	37
Tuesday	4	7	10	10	31
Wednesday	5	5	8	12	30
Thursday	7	9	13	24	53
Friday	4	8	10	19	41
Saturday	9	6	5	13	33
All days	48	43	60	110	261

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.Ouachita Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	36	13.8%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	63	24.1%	23.6%
Minor arterial	69	26.4%	21.2%
Major collector	40	15.3%	16.6%
Minor collector	8	3.1%	5.6%
Local	45	17.2%	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.Ouachita Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	105
Dark, not lighted	105
Dark, lighted	39
Dawn	5
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Ouachita Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	197
Cloudy	36
Rain	27
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
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 Ouachita Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Ouachita	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 20	Interstate	35	169
State Route 2	State highway	3	21
State Route 15	State highway	6	20
State Route 34	State highway	14	27
State Route 139	State highway	15	23
US Route 80	US highway	22	73
US Route 165	US highway	43	115

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.Ouachita 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
Ouachita Parish: 17.6

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 Ouachita Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caldwell Parish	Louisiana	0	27	27.7
Jackson Parish	Louisiana	4	36	23.1
Lincoln Parish	Louisiana	10	69	14.5
Morehouse Parish	Louisiana	7	57	22.7
Richland Parish	Louisiana	8	71	35.3
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 Ouachita 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 Ouachita in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 204 deaths in Ouachita Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 276 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Ouachita in 2024?

The rate of Ouachita Parish in 2024 was 17.0 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 Ouachita had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 78 of 263 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 Ouachita?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 138 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.