Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 30 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Tangipahoa Parish in 2024.

FARS records 319 deaths in 300 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.7 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, Tangipahoa Parish was number 6 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Tangipahoa Parish fell by 8.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (350) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (319).

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

From 2015 to 2024, a driver was recorded as drinking in 34.7% of fatal crashes in Tangipahoa Parish and 30.9% 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 Tangipahoa 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.Tangipahoa Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	30	28	11
2023	37	36	12
2022	40	39	17
2021	26	26	8
2020	32	27	6
2019	15	15	7
2018	30	30	6
2017	33	29	10
2016	40	36	8
2015	36	34	19
2015 to 2024	319	300	104

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 53 (2005)2024: 30

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

Table 2.Tangipahoa Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	30	28
2023	37	36
2022	40	39
2021	26	26
2020	32	27
2019	15	15
2018	30	30
2017	33	29
2016	40	36
2015	36	34
2014	22	22
2013	26	25
2012	38	35
2011	23	21
2010	29	24
2009	37	33
2008	39	34
2007	40	37
2006	43	38
2005	53	44
2004	44	39
2003	26	25
2002	38	34
2001	36	31
2000	30	25
1999	28	27
1998	17	15
1997	25	22
1996	34	30
1995	41	33
1994	24	22
1993	30	26
1992	33	27
1991	31	24
1990	28	23
1989	23	19
1988	31	28
1987	30	27
1986	25	25
1985	23	19
1984	27	23
1983	29	23
1982	40	34
1981	32	28
1980	18	18
1979	35	26
1978	20	17
1977	25	23
1976	34	24
1975	23	19

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.Tangipahoa Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Tangipahoa Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	21.4	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.7	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. Tangipahoa Parish had 139,983 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Tangipahoa Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 300 fatal crashes	104	300 fatal crashes	34.7%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 300 fatal crashes	74	300 fatal crashes	24.7%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 195 occupant deaths with restraint use known	118	195 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.5%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 319 deaths	53	319 deaths	16.6%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 319 deaths	14	319 deaths	4.4%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 319 deaths	39	319 deaths	12.2%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 299 fatal crashes with the condition reported	134	299 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.8%	45.1%
In the darkof 295 fatal crashes with the condition reported	167	295 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.6%	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.Tangipahoa 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	14	9	5	19	47
Monday	6	13	9	11	39
Tuesday	16	7	12	9	44
Wednesday	9	9	12	16	46
Thursday	4	7	11	15	37
Friday	9	3	10	17	39
Saturday	12	6	7	19	44
All days	70	54	66	106	296

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.Tangipahoa Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	68	22.7%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	27	9.0%	23.6%
Minor arterial	53	17.7%	21.2%
Major collector	62	20.7%	16.6%
Minor collector	21	7.0%	5.6%
Local	67	22.4%	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.Tangipahoa Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	116
Dark, not lighted	144
Dark, lighted	17
Dawn	8
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	6
Other or unknown	5

Table 8.Tangipahoa Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	231
Cloudy	35
Rain	25
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Tangipahoa Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Tangipahoa	In all of Louisiana
Interstate 12	Interstate	27	147
Interstate 55	Interstate	40	52
State Route 10	State highway	7	67
State Route 16	State highway	5	74
State Route 22	State highway	16	52
US Route 51	US highway	21	25
US Route 190	US highway	15	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.Tangipahoa 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
Tangipahoa Parish: 23.7

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 Tangipahoa Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Livingston Parish	Louisiana	27	274	19.1
St. Helena Parish	Louisiana	4	60	56.8
St. John the Baptist Parish	Louisiana	8	104	24.7
St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana	31	317	12.0
Washington Parish	Louisiana	10	110	24.0
Amite County	Mississippi	4	45	36.0
Pike County	Mississippi	18	126	31.8

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 Tangipahoa 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

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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 Tangipahoa in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 350 deaths in Tangipahoa Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 319 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Tangipahoa in 2024?

The rate of Tangipahoa Parish in 2024 was 21.4 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 Tangipahoa had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 104 of 300 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 Tangipahoa?

7 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 131 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.