St. Landry Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 16 deaths in 15 fatal crashes in St. Landry Parish in 2024.

FARS records 197 deaths in 177 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.9 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. Landry Parish was number 14 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in St. Landry Parish fell by 14.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (230) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (197).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 70.3% of the fatal crashes in St. Landry 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. Landry 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. Landry Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	16	15	5
2023	13	12	5
2022	23	21	7
2021	18	14	4
2020	18	15	5
2019	24	22	7
2018	26	25	6
2017	23	20	5
2016	15	14	5
2015	21	19	6
2015 to 2024	197	177	55

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 34 (1982)2024: 16

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

Table 2.St. Landry Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	16	15
2023	13	12
2022	23	21
2021	18	14
2020	18	15
2019	24	22
2018	26	25
2017	23	20
2016	15	14
2015	21	19
2014	25	24
2013	20	19
2012	22	19
2011	25	24
2010	15	14
2009	25	21
2008	16	15
2007	28	24
2006	29	27
2005	25	22
2004	24	23
2003	27	23
2002	17	15
2001	27	24
2000	22	19
1999	23	22
1998	18	16
1997	20	20
1996	16	12
1995	15	15
1994	18	16
1993	21	19
1992	15	14
1991	16	16
1990	18	16
1989	20	19
1988	17	16
1987	17	17
1986	24	22
1985	26	24
1984	22	20
1983	23	22
1982	34	32
1981	33	31
1980	24	23
1979	30	26
1978	15	14
1977	27	24
1976	17	16
1975	32	25

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. Landry Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	St. Landry Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	19.7	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.9	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. Landry Parish had 81,048 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.St. Landry Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 177 fatal crashes	55	177 fatal crashes	31.1%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 177 fatal crashes	33	177 fatal crashes	18.6%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 131 occupant deaths with restraint use known	79	131 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.3%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 197 deaths	33	197 deaths	16.8%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 197 deaths	11	197 deaths	5.6%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 197 deaths	8	197 deaths	4.1%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 175 fatal crashes with the condition reported	123	175 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	70.3%	45.1%
In the darkof 175 fatal crashes with the condition reported	112	175 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.0%	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. Landry 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	12	4	6	7	29
Monday	5	4	4	10	23
Tuesday	1 or 2	4	7	4	16
Wednesday	5	3	4	7	19
Thursday	1 or 2	4	5	13	24
Friday	1 or 2	7	7	19	35
Saturday	10	4	3	14	31
All days	37	30	36	74	177

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. Landry Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	21	12.0%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	4	2.3%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	32	18.3%	23.6%
Minor arterial	39	22.3%	21.2%
Major collector	37	21.1%	16.6%
Minor collector	18	10.3%	5.6%
Local	24	13.7%	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.St. Landry Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	58
Dark, not lighted	91
Dark, lighted	18
Dawn	4
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.St. Landry Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	129
Cloudy	22
Rain	15
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	7

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in St. Landry Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In St. Landry	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 49	Interstate	21	118
State Route 10	State highway	6	67
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 182	State highway	14	78
US Route 71	US highway	10	98
US Route 167	US highway	10	107
US Route 190	US highway	28	187

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. Landry 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. Landry Parish: 23.9

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. Landry Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Acadia Parish	Louisiana	11	156	26.1
Avoyelles Parish	Louisiana	14	87	21.9
Evangeline Parish	Louisiana	6	73	22.2
Lafayette Parish	Louisiana	31	269	11.0
Pointe Coupee Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	78	36.9
St. Martin Parish	Louisiana	7	123	23.4

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 St. Landry 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. Landry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 230 deaths in St. Landry Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 197 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of St. Landry in 2024?

The rate of St. Landry 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. Landry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 55 of 177 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. Landry?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 91 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.