Louisiana

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	927	963	987	993	912
Rural	610	630	472	520	501
Urban	317	329	515	473	411
Unknown	0	4	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven	Total	2.08	2.14	2.17	2.19	2.02
Rural	2.82	3.24	2.40	2.67	2.58
Urban	1.38	1.29	2.00	1.83	1.60
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	719	713	751	736	669
Restrained	249	246	264	239	212
Unrestrained	410	375	440	437	396
Unknown	60	92	47	60	61
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)**	315	334	371	375	338
Speeding-Related Fatalities	218	181	259	256	250
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	73	75	95	89	80
Helmeted	31	55	81	65	48
Unhelmeted	36	18	12	21	32
Unknown	6	2	2	3	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,299	1,333	1,334	1,302	1,167
Aged Under 15	3	2	1	4	4
Aged 15-20	180	156	175	175	128
Aged Under 21	183	158	176	179	132
Aged 21 and Over	1,108	1,157	1,132	1,104	1,021
Unknown Age	8	18	26	19	14
Pedestrian Fatalities	103	113	97	111	106

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Louisiana	927	44,607	2.08	4,487,830	20.66
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Louisiana	963	44,979	2.14	4,495,627	21.42
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Louisiana	987	45,417	2.17	4,243,634	23.26
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Louisiana	993	45,376	2.19	4,373,310	22.71
US	41,259	3,032,399	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Louisiana	912	45,091	2.02	4,410,796	20.68
US	37,261	2,973,509	1.25	304,059,724	12.25
Best State*			0.67		5.59

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
2004	Louisiana	927	424	46	349	38	0.78
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Louisiana	963	439	46	373	39	0.83
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Louisiana	987	481	49	418	42	0.92
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Louisiana	993	491	49	423	43	0.93
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Louisiana	912	450	49	382	42	0.85
US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
Best State*			21		16	0.16

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
2004	Louisiana	927	315	34	0.71
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Louisiana	963	334	35	0.74
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Louisiana	987	371	38	0.82
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Louisiana	993	375	38	0.83
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Louisiana	912	338	37	0.75
US	37,261	11,773	32	0.40
Best State*			16	0.16

Year	Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
2004	Louisiana	715	361	50	584	258	44	1,299	619	48
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Louisiana	713	379	53	620	236	38	1,333	615	46
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Louisiana	669	366	55	665	305	46	1,334	671	50
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Louisiana	663	397	60	639	367	57	1,302	764	59
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Louisiana	589	372	63	578	303	52	1,167	675	58
US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
Best State*			80			95			84

Year	Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
2004	Louisiana	48	75
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Louisiana	52	78
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Louisiana	54	75
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Louisiana	46	75
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Louisiana	48	76
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	704	242	403	59	38	301	158
2005	700	240	371	89	39	336	147
2006	740	258	437	45	37	350	189
2007	720	233	428	59	35	308	192
2008	661	209	392	60	35	276	155

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	15	7	7	1	50	11
2005	10	6	2	2	75	9
2006	10	6	3	1	67	7
2007	14	5	8	1	38	6
2008	8	3	4	1	43	4

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	73	31	36	6	46	20	15
2005	75	55	18	2	75	34	7
2006	95	81	12	2	87	49	4
2007	89	65	21	3	76	40	8
2008	80	48	32	0	60	29	12

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	402	43	361	37	380	39	357	36	336	37
Light Truck - Pickup	193	21	212	22	209	21	237	24	170	19
Light Truck - Utility	95	10	111	12	129	13	119	12	134	15
Light Truck - Van	26	3	29	3	32	3	22	2	29	3
Light Truck - Other	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Large Truck	11	1	20	2	11	1	26	3	26	3
Other/Unknown Occupants	6	1	15	2	8	1	7	1	15	2
Total Occupants	736	79	750	78	770	78	770	78	710	78
Bus	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	73	8	75	8	95	10	89	9	80	9
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	103	11	113	12	97	10	111	11	106	12
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	13	1	21	2	24	2	23	2	11	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
��Total Nonoccupants	118	13	138	14	122	12	134	13	122	13
Total	Total	927	100	963	100	987	100	993	100	912	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	927	963	987	993	912
- (1) Single Vehicle	500	527	575	588	551
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	105	122	104	121	111
- (3) Involving Speeding	218	181	259	256	250
- (4) Involving a Rollover	232	270	343	333	309
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	568	531	599	576	538
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	175	187	162	176	151

Year	Age	Total
2004	4	25	13	14	14	3	73
2005	1	22	16	17	11	8	75
2006	2	34	17	25	13	4	95
2007	3	23	29	21	11	2	89
2008	5	22	16	16	14	7	80

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	73	55,846	130.7
2005	75	55,071	136.2
2006	95	61,128	155.4
2007	89	64,604	137.8
2008	80	69,088	115.8

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	9	9	12	18
White Non-Hispanic	579	464	3	6
Black, Non-Hispanic	203	170	192	211
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	1	2
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	50	647	607
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	9	132	9	15
Total	809	825	865	859
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	2	1	4	10
White Non-Hispanic	65	55	0	0
Black, Non-Hispanic	48	49	38	62
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	1	2
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	6	78	55
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	2	27	1	5
Total	118	138	122	134
Total	Hispanic	11	10	16	28
White Non-Hispanic	644	519	3	6
Black, Non-Hispanic	251	219	230	273
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	0	2	4
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	56	725	662
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	11	159	10	20
Total	927	963	987	993

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	East Baton Rouge Parish	41	56	55	62	53	4	6	6	6	6
2	Calcasieu Parish	45	47	67	37	50	5	5	7	4	5
3	Livingston Parish	28	32	30	31	43	3	3	3	3	5
4	Lafayette Parish	31	38	45	39	40	3	4	5	4	4
5	St. Tammany Parish	55	53	57	50	40	6	6	6	5	4
6	Tangipahoa Parish	44	53	43	40	39	5	6	4	4	4
7	Orleans Parish	77	31	22	41	35	8	3	2	4	4
8	Caddo Parish	41	46	38	53	34	4	5	4	5	4
9	Lafourche Parish	40	23	27	28	34	4	2	3	3	4
10	Jefferson Parish	26	39	55	44	31	3	4	6	4	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	430	420	450	431	399	46	44	46	43	44
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	497	543	537	562	513	54	56	54	57	56
Total	All Counties	927	963	987	993	912	100	100	100	100	100

1

East Baton Rouge Parish

41

56

55

62

53

4

6

2

Calcasieu Parish

45

47

67

37

50

5

7

4

5

3

Livingston Parish

28

32

30

31

43

3

5

4

Lafayette Parish

31

38

45

39

40

3

4

5

4

5

St. Tammany Parish

55

53

57

50

40

6

5

4

6

Tangipahoa Parish

44

53

43

40

39

5

6

4

7

Orleans Parish

77

31

22

41

35

8

3

2

4

8

Caddo Parish

41

46

38

53

34

4

5

4

5

4

9

Lafourche Parish

40

23

27

28

34

4

2

3

4

10

Jefferson Parish

26

39

55

44

31

3

4

6

4

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

430

420

450

431

399

46

44

46

43

44

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

497

543

537

562

513

54

56

54

57

56

Total

All Counties

927

963

987

993

912

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	St. Helena Parish	58.49	39.33	84.37	75.54	85.34
2	Red River Parish	21.36	10.86	21.75	10.89	65.80
3	Winn Parish	31.48	31.82	19.17	58.08	58.41
4	Jefferson Davis Parish	16.22	38.83	38.46	41.75	57.58
5	St. James Parish	43.34	33.64	47.10	42.11	56.52
6	Catahoula Parish	19.12	29.25	28.95	76.82	47.52
7	De Soto Parish	38.61	38.54	46.06	45.67	45.48
8	St. John The Baptist Parish	11.10	30.72	54.57	18.88	44.69
9	Allen Parish	27.78	52.27	39.09	23.46	42.91
10	Madison Parish	24.47	90.96	33.51	84.65	42.41
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	45.06	53.43	51.11	62.53	51.70
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	18.59	19.08	21.38	21.21	19.13
Total Rate	All Counties	20.66	21.42	23.26	22.71	20.68

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+		BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2004	Louisiana	927	424	46	349	38	0.78
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Louisiana	963	439	46	373	39	0.83
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Louisiana	987	481	49	418	42	0.92
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Louisiana	993	491	49	423	43	0.93
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Louisiana	912	450	49	382	42	0.85
	US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
	Best State*			21		16	0.16

Year		Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS
		Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent
2004	Louisiana	715	361	50	584	258	44	1,299	619	48
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Louisiana	713	379	53	620	236	38	1,333	615	46
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Louisiana	669	366	55	665	305	46	1,334	671	50
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Louisiana	663	397	60	639	367	57	1,302	764	59
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Louisiana	589	372	63	578	303	52	1,167	675	58
	US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
	Best State*			80			95			84

Person Type		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	402	43	361	37	380	39	357	36	336	37
	Light Truck - Pickup	193	21	212	22	209	21	237	24	170	19
	Light Truck - Utility	95	10	111	12	129	13	119	12	134	15
	Light Truck - Van	26	3	29	3	32	3	22	2	29	3
	Light Truck - Other	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
	Large Truck	11	1	20	2	11	1	26	3	26	3
	Other/Unknown Occupants	6	1	15	2	8	1	7	1	15	2
	Total Occupants	736	79	750	78	770	78	770	78	710	78
	Bus	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	73	8	75	8	95	10	89	9	80	9
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	103	11	113	12	97	10	111	11	106	12
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	13	1	21	2	24	2	23	2	11	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	118	13	138	14	122	12	134	13	122	13
Total	Total	927	100	963	100	987	100	993	100	912	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	4	25	13	14	14	3	73
2005	1	22	16	17	11	8	75
2006	2	34	17	25	13	4	95
2007	3	23	29	21	11	2	89
2008	5	22	16	16	14	7	80