Vermilion Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 4 deaths in 4 fatal crashes in Vermilion Parish in 2024.

FARS records 86 deaths in 82 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 14.7 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, Vermilion Parish was number 27 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Vermilion Parish fell by 11.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (97) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (86).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 71.3% of the fatal crashes in Vermilion 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 Vermilion 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.Vermilion Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	4	4	0
2023	12	11	6
2022	9	8	1 or 2
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	10	9	1 or 2
2019	4	4	1 or 2
2018	9	8	1 or 2
2017	4	4	1 or 2
2016	10	10	5
2015	14	14	4
2015 to 2024	86	82	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (1979)2024: 4

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

Table 2.Vermilion Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	4	4
2023	12	11
2022	9	8
2021	10	10
2020	10	9
2019	4	4
2018	9	8
2017	4	4
2016	10	10
2015	14	14
2014	6	5
2013	4	4
2012	11	11
2011	11	10
2010	13	12
2009	8	8
2008	7	7
2007	14	14
2006	14	13
2005	9	9
2004	16	16
2003	10	10
2002	15	14
2001	16	15
2000	22	19
1999	9	9
1998	18	16
1997	15	15
1996	7	7
1995	9	9
1994	10	6
1993	13	11
1992	15	14
1991	21	18
1990	18	18
1989	15	13
1988	12	12
1987	12	11
1986	8	8
1985	13	12
1984	11	9
1983	21	14
1982	20	19
1981	22	19
1980	21	21
1979	22	20
1978	14	14
1977	15	12
1976	16	14
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.Vermilion Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Vermilion Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	6.9	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	14.7	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. Vermilion Parish had 57,605 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Vermilion Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 82 fatal crashes	23	82 fatal crashes	28.0%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 82 fatal crashes	14	82 fatal crashes	17.1%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 58 occupant deaths with restraint use known	42	58 occupant deathswith restraint use known	72.4%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 86 deaths	9	86 deaths	10.5%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 86 deaths	7	86 deaths	8.1%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 86 deaths	10	86 deaths	11.6%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 80 fatal crashes with the condition reported	57	80 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	71.3%	45.1%
In the darkof 79 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	79 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.9%	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.Vermilion 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	3	4	7	18
Monday	1 or 2	3	1 or 2	5	11
Tuesday	0	3	1 or 2	3	7
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	3	4	8
Thursday	5	1 or 2	9	3	19
Friday	0	0	4	3	7
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	5	11
All days	12	14	25	30	81

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.Vermilion Parish: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Louisiana
Interstate	0	0.0%	14.5%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.4%
Other principal arterial	20	25.0%	23.6%
Minor arterial	17	21.3%	21.2%
Major collector	22	27.5%	16.6%
Minor collector	5	6.3%	5.6%
Local	16	20.0%	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.Vermilion Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	35
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Vermilion Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	67
Cloudy	9
Rain	1 or 2
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	4

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Vermilion Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Vermilion	In all of Louisiana
State Route 13	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 14	State highway	21	52
US Route 167	US highway	14	107

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.Vermilion 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
Vermilion Parish: 14.7

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 Vermilion Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Acadia Parish	Louisiana	11	156	26.1
Cameron Parish	Louisiana	1 or 2	12	20.0
Iberia Parish	Louisiana	12	134	19.1
Jefferson Davis Parish	Louisiana	8	97	30.6
Lafayette Parish	Louisiana	31	269	11.0

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

FARS records 97 deaths in Vermilion Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 86 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Vermilion in 2024?

The rate of Vermilion Parish in 2024 was 6.9 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 Vermilion had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 82 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 Vermilion?

FARS records 1 or 2 fatal crashes on State Route 13 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 21 fatal crashes on State Route 14 in the county from 2015 to 2024. FARS records 14 fatal crashes on US Route 167 in the county from 2015 to 2024.