Richland Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in Richland Parish in 2024.

FARS records 71 deaths in 61 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 35.3 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, Richland Parish was number 36 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Richland Parish rose by 34.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (53) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (71).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.4% of the fatal crashes in Richland 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 Richland 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.Richland Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	7	1 or 2
2023	6	5	1 or 2
2022	0	0	0
2021	13	11	3
2020	14	11	4
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	5	4	0
2017	5	5	1 or 2
2016	3	1 or 2	0
2015	6	6	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	71	61	15

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 14 (1996)2024: 8

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

Table 2.Richland Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	7
2023	6	5
2022	0	0
2021	13	11
2020	14	11
2019	11	10
2018	5	4
2017	5	5
2016	3	1 or 2
2015	6	6
2014	5	5
2013	4	4
2012	3	1 or 2
2011	5	5
2010	1 or 2	1 or 2
2009	3	1 or 2
2008	5	4
2007	6	5
2006	7	7
2005	14	13
2004	3	3
2003	7	7
2002	6	5
2001	7	6
2000	10	10
1999	7	6
1998	8	6
1997	10	10
1996	14	14
1995	8	7
1994	5	4
1993	7	7
1992	5	4
1991	8	6
1990	3	3
1989	13	10
1988	8	7
1987	1 or 2	1 or 2
1986	3	3
1985	6	6
1984	1 or 2	1 or 2
1983	4	4
1982	7	6
1981	6	6
1980	4	4
1979	4	4
1978	4	4
1977	5	4
1976	1 or 2	1 or 2
1975	6	6

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.Richland Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Richland Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	40.7	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	35.3	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. Richland Parish had 19,666 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Richland Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 61 fatal crashes	15	61 fatal crashes	24.6%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 61 fatal crashes	14	61 fatal crashes	23.0%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 60 occupant deaths with restraint use known	33	60 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.0%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 71 deaths	1 or 2	71 deaths	1.4%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 71 deaths	0	71 deaths	0.0%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 71 deaths	5	71 deaths	7.0%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	60	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.4%	45.1%
In the darkof 61 fatal crashes with the condition reported	25	61 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.0%	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.Richland 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	1 or 2	7	10
Monday	0	5	1 or 2	4	11
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	3	0	4
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	4	1 or 2	10
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Friday	0	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	7
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	11
All days	6	14	20	21	61

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.Richland Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	17	27.9%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	3	4.9%	23.6%
Minor arterial	15	24.6%	21.2%
Major collector	13	21.3%	16.6%
Minor collector	4	6.6%	5.6%
Local	9	14.8%	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.Richland Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	34
Dark, not lighted	24
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Richland Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	47
Cloudy	5
Rain	8
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 Richland Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Richland	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 20	Interstate	17	169
State Route 15	State highway	3	20
US Route 80	US highway	8	73
US Route 425	US highway	6	37

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.Richland 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
Richland Parish: 35.3

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 Richland Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Caldwell Parish	Louisiana	0	27	27.7
East Carroll Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	13	18.4
Franklin Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	52	26.2
Madison Parish	Louisiana	5	48	46.1
Morehouse Parish	Louisiana	7	57	22.7
Ouachita Parish	Louisiana	27	276	17.6
West Carroll Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	14	13.6

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

FARS records 53 deaths in Richland Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 71 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Richland in 2024?

The rate of Richland Parish in 2024 was 40.7 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 Richland had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 15 of 61 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 Richland?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 34 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.