Washington Parish, Louisiana: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 8 fatal crashes in Washington Parish in 2024.

FARS records 110 deaths in 97 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 24.0 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, Washington Parish was number 20 of 64 counties of Louisiana.

Deaths in Washington Parish fell by 3.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (114) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (110).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 85.6% of the fatal crashes in Washington 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 Washington 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.Washington Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	8	3
2023	9	8	1 or 2
2022	19	16	6
2021	6	5	1 or 2
2020	16	14	6
2019	5	4	3
2018	7	7	4
2017	16	15	4
2016	12	12	4
2015	10	8	3
2015 to 2024	110	97	35

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1981)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Washington Parish: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	8
2023	9	8
2022	19	16
2021	6	5
2020	16	14
2019	5	4
2018	7	7
2017	16	15
2016	12	12
2015	10	8
2014	10	9
2013	10	9
2012	4	4
2011	9	9
2010	16	9
2009	11	9
2008	12	12
2007	8	8
2006	20	17
2005	14	14
2004	14	14
2003	16	14
2002	11	10
2001	10	10
2000	14	12
1999	14	14
1998	9	9
1997	16	13
1996	10	10
1995	18	15
1994	7	7
1993	8	7
1992	22	14
1991	9	9
1990	6	6
1989	16	12
1988	11	9
1987	7	7
1986	12	8
1985	13	9
1984	21	18
1983	20	16
1982	6	6
1981	25	21
1980	17	15
1979	22	19
1978	18	18
1977	15	13
1976	9	9
1975	8	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.Washington Parish beside Louisiana and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Washington Parish	Louisiana	United States
2024	22.2	16.3	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	24.0	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. Washington Parish had 45,138 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Washington Parish: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Louisiana
A driver recorded as drinkingof 97 fatal crashes	35	97 fatal crashes	36.1%	30.9%
A speeding-related driverof 97 fatal crashes	33	97 fatal crashes	34.0%	22.4%
No restraint usedof 84 occupant deaths with restraint use known	51	84 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.7%	57.5%
Pedestriansof 110 deaths	9	110 deaths	8.2%	17.9%
Bicyclistsof 110 deaths	1 or 2	110 deaths	1.8%	4.0%
Motorcyclistsof 110 deaths	8	110 deaths	7.3%	10.9%
On a rural roadof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	83	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	85.6%	45.1%
In the darkof 97 fatal crashes with the condition reported	52	97 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	53.6%	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.Washington 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	6	8	22
Monday	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	9
Tuesday	0	3	4	4	11
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	5	4	10
Thursday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	9
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	8	14
Saturday	4	5	4	7	20
All days	15	19	25	36	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.Washington 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	6	6.2%	23.6%
Minor arterial	35	36.1%	21.2%
Major collector	24	24.7%	16.6%
Minor collector	11	11.3%	5.6%
Local	21	21.6%	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.Washington Parish: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	42
Dark, not lighted	42
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Washington Parish: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	77
Cloudy	8
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Washington Parish that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Washington	In all of Louisiana
State Route 10	State highway	15	67
State Route 16	State highway	9	74
State Route 21	State highway	13	28
State Route 25	State highway	9	22
State Route 30	State highway	1 or 2	39

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.Washington 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
Washington Parish: 24.0

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 Washington Parish
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
St. Tammany Parish	Louisiana	31	317	12.0
Tangipahoa Parish	Louisiana	30	319	23.7
Marion County	Mississippi	5	68	27.6
Pearl River County	Mississippi	15	148	26.2
Pike County	Mississippi	18	126	31.8
Walthall County	Mississippi	6	27	19.1

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 Washington 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 Washington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 114 deaths in Washington Parish from 2005 to 2014. It records 110 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Washington in 2024?

The rate of Washington Parish in 2024 was 22.2 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 Washington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 35 of 97 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 Washington?

5 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 47 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.