St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 8 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in St. John the Baptist Parish in 2024.

FARS records 104 deaths in 95 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.7 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. John the Baptist Parish was number 21 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in St. John the Baptist Parish fell by 17.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (126) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (104).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 32.6% of fatal crashes in St. John the Baptist Parish and 22.4% 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. John the Baptist 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.St. John the Baptist Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	8	8	1 or 2
2023	16	13	5
2022	10	10	1 or 2
2021	9	9	4
2020	7	6	3
2019	15	13	5
2018	13	13	7
2017	8	8	1 or 2
2016	10	7	1 or 2
2015	8	8	1 or 2
2015 to 2024	104	95	31

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in St. John the Baptist Parish by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 26 (2006)2024: 8

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

Table 2.St. John the Baptist Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	8	8
2023	16	13
2022	10	10
2021	9	9
2020	7	6
2019	15	13
2018	13	13
2017	8	8
2016	10	7
2015	8	8
2014	8	7
2013	15	12
2012	15	10
2011	3	3
2010	10	8
2009	5	4
2008	21	16
2007	9	9
2006	26	22
2005	14	11
2004	5	5
2003	17	14
2002	14	14
2001	12	10
2000	10	9
1999	21	15
1998	16	15
1997	14	14
1996	17	14
1995	7	7
1994	15	15
1993	5	5
1992	13	9
1991	13	11
1990	18	14
1989	16	13
1988	23	20
1987	7	7
1986	6	6
1985	8	7
1984	6	6
1983	13	11
1982	11	8
1981	23	22
1980	22	20
1979	11	11
1978	14	13
1977	19	14
1976	17	12
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.St. John the Baptist Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	20.0	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.7	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. John the Baptist Parish had 39,965 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.St. John the Baptist Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 95 fatal crashes	31	95 fatal crashes	32.6%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 95 fatal crashes	31	95 fatal crashes	32.6%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 64 occupant deaths with restraint use known	35	64 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.7%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 104 deaths	17	104 deaths	16.3%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 104 deaths	3	104 deaths	2.9%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 104 deaths	11	104 deaths	10.6%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 95 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	95 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	43.2%	45.1%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.0%	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. John the Baptist 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	6	1 or 2	3	4	15
Monday	1 or 2	8	0	1 or 2	12
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	6	12
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	0	4
Thursday	1 or 2	3	8	3	16
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	9	19
Saturday	3	1 or 2	5	8	17
All days	18	17	28	32	95

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. John the Baptist Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	26	27.4%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	35	36.8%	23.6%
Minor arterial	11	11.6%	21.2%
Major collector	13	13.7%	16.6%
Minor collector	5	5.3%	5.6%
Local	5	5.3%	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.St. John the Baptist Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	31
Dark, lighted	16
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.St. John the Baptist Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	66
Cloudy	16
Rain	7
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in St. John the Baptist Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In St. John the Baptist	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 10	Interstate	14	472
Interstate 55	Interstate	12	52
State Route 18	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 44	State highway	9	27
US Route 51	US highway	4	25
US Route 61	US highway	30	241

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. John the Baptist 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. John the Baptist Parish: 24.7

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. John the Baptist Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Ascension Parish	Louisiana	22	237	18.7
Jefferson Parish	Louisiana	24	322	7.4
Lafourche Parish	Louisiana	14	215	22.1
Livingston Parish	Louisiana	27	274	19.1
St. Charles Parish	Louisiana	10	73	14.0
St. James Parish	Louisiana	5	57	27.9
St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana	31	317	12.0
Tangipahoa Parish	Louisiana	30	319	23.7

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. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 126 deaths in St. John the Baptist Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 104 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of St. John the Baptist in 2024?

The rate of St. John the Baptist Parish in 2024 was 20.0 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 St. John the Baptist had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 31 of 95 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. John the Baptist?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.