St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 7 fatal crashes in St. Charles Parish in 2024.

FARS records 73 deaths in 69 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.0 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, St. Charles Parish was number 34 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in St. Charles Parish fell by 35.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (113) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (73).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 17.4% of the fatal crashes in St. Charles 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 St. Charles 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.St. Charles Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	7	1 or 2
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	9	9	4
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	5	5	1 or 2
2019	12	11	4
2018	8	8	1 or 2
2017	8	8	4
2016	8	8	1 or 2
2015	7	7	3
2015 to 2024	73	69	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 35 (1981)2024: 10

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

Table 2.St. Charles Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	7
2023	4	4
2022	9	9
2021	1 or 2	1 or 2
2020	5	5
2019	12	11
2018	8	8
2017	8	8
2016	8	8
2015	7	7
2014	6	6
2013	13	10
2012	11	9
2011	6	6
2010	13	10
2009	11	10
2008	8	8
2007	19	17
2006	18	16
2005	8	8
2004	10	9
2003	11	7
2002	10	10
2001	11	8
2000	10	9
1999	6	6
1998	23	16
1997	15	15
1996	9	7
1995	7	6
1994	14	13
1993	11	10
1992	16	16
1991	17	14
1990	12	12
1989	12	10
1988	11	10
1987	14	10
1986	21	17
1985	14	9
1984	22	17
1983	18	16
1982	14	11
1981	35	28
1980	31	24
1979	13	11
1978	14	12
1977	18	14
1976	14	13
1975	11	11

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.St. Charles Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	St. Charles Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	19.7	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.0	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. St. Charles Parish had 50,658 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.St. Charles Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 69 fatal crashes	23	69 fatal crashes	33.3%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 69 fatal crashes	22	69 fatal crashes	31.9%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 50 occupant deaths with restraint use known	21	50 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.0%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 73 deaths	9	73 deaths	12.3%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 73 deaths	1 or 2	73 deaths	2.7%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 73 deaths	8	73 deaths	11.0%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 69 fatal crashes with the condition reported	12	69 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	17.4%	45.1%
In the darkof 69 fatal crashes with the condition reported	40	69 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.0%	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.St. Charles 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	1 or 2	4	3	12
Monday	5	3	3	1 or 2	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	3	6
Wednesday	1 or 2	0	3	5	10
Thursday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	5
Friday	4	4	4	1 or 2	14
Saturday	3	3	1 or 2	0	8
All days	22	13	18	15	68

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.St. Charles Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	15	21.7%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	1.4%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	25	36.2%	23.6%
Minor arterial	18	26.1%	21.2%
Major collector	4	5.8%	16.6%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.9%	5.6%
Local	4	5.8%	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.St. Charles Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	24
Dark, not lighted	21
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	3
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.St. Charles Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	53
Cloudy	8
Rain	5
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 St. Charles Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In St. Charles	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	9	472
State Route 18	State highway	7	25
US Route 61	US highway	9	241
US Route 90	US highway	18	298

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.St. Charles 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
St. Charles Parish: 14.0

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 St. Charles Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Jefferson Parish	Louisiana	24	322	7.4
Lafourche Parish	Louisiana	14	215	22.1
St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	8	104	24.7

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 St. Charles 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. St. Charles Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/la/st-charles/. 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 St. Charles in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 113 deaths in St. Charles Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 73 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of St. Charles in 2024?

The rate of St. Charles Parish in 2024 was 19.7 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 St. Charles had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 69 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 St. Charles?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 43 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.