Vernon Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Vernon Parish in 2024.

FARS records 77 deaths in 70 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.8 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, Vernon Parish was number 31 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Vernon Parish fell by 36.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (121) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (77).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 84.3% of the fatal crashes in Vernon 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 Vernon 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.Vernon Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	1 or 2
2023	6	6	3
2022	9	9	3
2021	9	9	5
2020	6	6	1 or 2
2019	5	5	1 or 2
2018	5	5	1 or 2
2017	11	9	4
2016	13	8	3
2015	8	8	4
2015 to 2024	77	70	26

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 26 (1986)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Vernon Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	6	6
2022	9	9
2021	9	9
2020	6	6
2019	5	5
2018	5	5
2017	11	9
2016	13	8
2015	8	8
2014	11	10
2013	13	13
2012	13	11
2011	14	13
2010	8	8
2009	13	10
2008	17	13
2007	13	12
2006	6	6
2005	13	12
2004	18	14
2003	9	8
2002	6	6
2001	7	7
2000	13	13
1999	10	10
1998	6	6
1997	12	11
1996	17	13
1995	20	15
1994	10	8
1993	14	12
1992	8	8
1991	13	11
1990	17	14
1989	12	10
1988	15	14
1987	18	15
1986	26	19
1985	20	16
1984	19	17
1983	8	8
1982	16	10
1981	14	11
1980	17	14
1979	7	7
1978	14	12
1977	12	12
1976	11	10
1975	9	9

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.Vernon Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Vernon Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	10.9	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.8	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. Vernon Parish had 46,079 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Vernon Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 70 fatal crashes	26	70 fatal crashes	37.1%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 70 fatal crashes	22	70 fatal crashes	31.4%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 56 occupant deaths with restraint use known	31	56 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.4%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 77 deaths	8	77 deaths	10.4%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 77 deaths	0	77 deaths	0.0%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 77 deaths	7	77 deaths	9.1%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	59	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	84.3%	45.1%
In the darkof 70 fatal crashes with the condition reported	37	70 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.9%	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.Vernon 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	7	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	10
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	3	4	1 or 2	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	3	8
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	9
Friday	1 or 2	6	3	1 or 2	13
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	14
All days	18	16	16	20	70

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.Vernon 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	28.6%	23.6%
Minor arterial	13	18.6%	21.2%
Major collector	17	24.3%	16.6%
Minor collector	6	8.6%	5.6%
Local	14	20.0%	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.Vernon Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	31
Dark, not lighted	35
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Vernon Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	54
Cloudy	15
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Vernon Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Vernon	In all of Louisiana
State Route 10	State highway	9	67
State Route 28	State highway	3	37
US Route 71	US highway	1 or 2	98
US Route 171	US highway	14	88

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.Vernon 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
Vernon Parish: 15.8

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 Vernon Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Allen Parish	Louisiana	5	57	23.7
Beauregard Parish	Louisiana	8	64	17.3
Natchitoches Parish	Louisiana	7	95	25.2
Rapides Parish	Louisiana	25	242	18.7
Sabine Parish	Louisiana	9	61	26.5
Newton County	Texas	6	49	37.6

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

FARS records 121 deaths in Vernon Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 77 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Vernon in 2024?

The rate of Vernon Parish in 2024 was 10.9 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 Vernon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 26 of 70 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 Vernon?

4 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 27 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.