Car accident statistics for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in Calcasieu Parish by year

Car accident deaths rose from 26 in 2020 to 51 in 2021, then fell to 24 in 2022. The count rose to 35 in 2023 before falling to 23 in 2024. The highest count occurred in 2021, and the lowest occurred in 2024. The 2024 count was 3 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The annual table also places those counts alongside all traffic deaths: 32 in 2020, 56 in 2021, 30 in 2022, 42 in 2023 and 30 in 2024. Car accident shares were 81.2%, 91.1%, 80.0%, 83.3% and 76.7%, respectively. These percentages describe the share of each year's traffic deaths counted in qualifying passenger-vehicle crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Deaths within 30 days in crashes on public roads. 2024 figures come from the FARS Annual Report File and can be revised.

Who died in Calcasieu Parish car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 113 deaths, or 71.1% of car accident deaths from 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 16 deaths, or 10.1%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 30 deaths, or 18.9%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

These categories classify people killed in the selected crashes, rather than counting crashes themselves. The Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) label follows FARS classifications and can include occupants of parked motor vehicles. It is not a literal test of someone's position relative to a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Angle (side impact) accounted for 45 deaths (28.3%); Head-on, 11 (6.9%); Rear-end, 20 (12.6%); and Sideswipe, 5 (3.1%). Other recorded 2 deaths (1.3%), and Unknown recorded 1 (0.6%).^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 75 deaths (47.2%). This describes the first harmful event, which can involve striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. The classification does not mean another vehicle had to be physically moving: a motor vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport. Angle (side impact) was the largest car accident death category among collisions with another motor vehicle in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime, defined as 6 a.m. to 5:59 p.m., accounted for 72 car accident deaths, or 45.3%. Nighttime, from 6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m., accounted for 87 deaths, or 54.7%. The nighttime count was higher than the daytime count during 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The land-use classification recorded 103 deaths in urban locations, representing 64.8%, and 56 in rural locations, representing 35.2%. Crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 22 car accident deaths, or 13.8%. That figure counts deaths in qualifying crashes involving a large truck, rather than counting the trucks or crashes.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Louisiana and the United States

The car accident death rate for Calcasieu Parish was 15.3 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Louisiana's rate was 16.2, and the national rate was 10.5. The parish rate was lower than the state rate and higher than the national rate. The corresponding death counts were 159 for the parish, 3,734 for Louisiana and 176,219 for the United States.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates use deaths divided by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates, multiplied by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The parish's separately reported 2024 population estimate of 207,027 is not the denominator used to calculate its rate.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates, so they show deaths per 100,000 residents per year. They do not adjust for miles driven or for visitors.

Recorded characteristics of all fatal crashes

Recorded characteristics cover all fatal crashes in Calcasieu Parish, of any vehicle type, rather than only car accident deaths. Shares of all traffic deaths were 23.2% for Speeding-related, 42.1% for Roadway departure, 22.6% for At an intersection, 16.3% for Pedestrian involved and 16.3% for Motorcycle involved. Hit-and-run accounted for 9.5%; Driver distraction reported, 22.1%; and In a work zone, 3.7%.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can have several recorded characteristics, so these rows overlap and do not add to 100%. The entries are recorded crash characteristics, not findings of fault or cause.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These are recorded characteristics, not findings of fault.

About these figures

FARS counts fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes on trafficways customarily open to the public when an occupant or nonoccupant dies within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. Counts follow crash location, not where those killed lived. If searching for a car accident lawyer, keep that location-based grouping in mind when reading these counts.^[8][6][7]

The 2020 through 2023 figures use FARS Final Files; 2024 uses the revisable Annual Report File. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They express average annual deaths per 100,000 residents without adjustments for miles driven or visitors. The separate July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Louisiana car accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

• Truck accident statistics for Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (2020-2024) (truckaccidentlawyer.wiki)