Car accident statistics for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (2020-2024)

Car accident deaths in East Baton Rouge Parish by year

Car accident deaths rose from 77 in 2020 to 90 in 2021, then fell to 76 in 2022, 63 in 2023 and 60 in 2024. The highest count was in 2021, and the lowest was in 2024. The 2024 count was 17 deaths lower than the 2020 count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All traffic deaths followed the same yearly direction: 89 in 2020, 103 in 2021, 96 in 2022, 73 in 2023 and 66 in 2024. The car accident share was 86.5%, 87.4%, 79.2%, 86.3% and 90.9%, respectively. Although 2024 had the lowest car accident death count, it had the highest share of all traffic deaths. The lowest share was 79.2% in 2022.^{[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 East Baton Rouge Parish car accidents

People in cars, SUVs, pickups or vans accounted for 235 deaths, or 64.2% of car accident deaths during 2020 through 2024. This was the largest person category. People in other vehicles accounted for 24 deaths, or 6.6%, the smallest category. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) accounted for 107 deaths, or 29.2%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Each category counts deaths in crashes involving a passenger vehicle, rather than deaths across every crash type. The categories use FARS person and vehicle classifications. Nonoccupants (FARS person-type grouping) can include occupants of parked motor vehicles; the label is not a literal test of being outside a vehicle.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

How the fatal car crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event in a crash. Angle (side impact) accounted for 72 car accident deaths, or 19.7%; Head-on for 39, or 10.7%; Rear-end for 23, or 6.3%; and Sideswipe for 16, or 4.4%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Not a collision with a motor vehicle in transport accounted for 216 deaths, or 59.0%. This means the first harmful event was not a collision between motor vehicles in transport. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover. A motor vehicle in transport can be stopped in traffic; the classification does not require physical movement.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Time of day and setting

Daytime accounted for 128 car accident deaths, or 35.0%, while nighttime accounted for 237, or 64.8%, during 2020 through 2024. Time of day was unknown for 1 death, or 0.3%. Nighttime had the larger recorded count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The land-use classification was urban for 328 deaths, or 89.6%, and rural for 34 deaths, or 9.3%. Land use was unknown for 4 deaths, or 1.1%. In a separate measure of vehicle involvement, crashes that also involved a large truck accounted for 26 car accident deaths, or 7.1% of the parish's passenger-vehicle-involved death count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Car accident death rate compared with Louisiana and the United States

East Baton Rouge Parish's car accident death rate was 16.1 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.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The listed neighboring counties had rates of 16.7 in Livingston Parish and 17.0 in Ascension Parish. East Baton Rouge Parish's rate was lower than both. Among the listed neighboring counties, Ascension Parish had the higher rate. These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census population estimates and multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors, and they count deaths by crash location rather than residency.^{[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 East Baton Rouge Parish, of any vehicle type, rather than only car accident crashes. Shares of all traffic deaths were 22.0% for Speeding-related, 38.4% for Roadway departure, 28.6% for At an intersection and 29.3% for Pedestrian involved.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Motorcycle involved accounted for 8.9%; Hit-and-run, 15.5%; Driver distraction reported, 18.7%; and In a work zone, 1.9%. These percentages use all 427 traffic deaths as their denominator. A crash can carry several characteristics, so the rows overlap and do not add to 100%. These records are 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 is a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes involving a motor vehicle on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. It excludes nonfatal crashes and injuries. Whether reading for statistical context or searching for a car accident lawyer, interpret these counts by crash location, not where those killed lived.^[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 for average annual deaths per 100,000 residents. The separate July 1, 2024 estimate of 454,172 is not the denominator. Rates do not adjust for miles driven or visitors.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Louisiana car accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

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