Fatal crash profile · County

Traffic deaths in Cameron Parish, Louisiana

County in Louisiana · United States

Deaths, 2024
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
4.8K

In 2024, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The death rate was 21.0 per 100,000 residents, compared with 16.3 in Louisiana and 11.5 in the United States. Cameron Parish had the 58th most traffic deaths among Louisiana's counties. Between 2020 and 2024, 4 people died, an average of 0.8 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

21.0

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

  • About 1.3 times the rate in Louisiana: 16.3
  • About 1.8 times the rate in the United States: 11.5

25.8

average deaths per 100,000 residents a year, 2020–2024

  • About 1.4 times the average in Louisiana: 18.4
  • About double the average in the United States: 12.1
Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2020 1 1
2021 2 2
2024 1 1

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024
Category Deaths per 100,000
2020 17.8
2021 39.3
2024 21.0

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Louisiana: 21%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2024
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2024
Type Deaths Share in Cameron Parish Share in Louisiana
Pedestrians 0 0% 21%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 9%
Cyclists 0 0% 6%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 1 100% 26%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 28%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Louisiana: 26%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Louisiana: 29%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2024
Category Cameron Parish Louisiana United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 29.2% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 25.8% 28.1%
At night 100.0% 58.7% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 32.9% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

100%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 1.7 times the share in Louisiana: 59%
  • About 1.9 times the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Louisiana: 33%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by hour of day
Category Fatal crashes
12am 0
1am 1
2am 0
3am 0
4am 1
5am 0
6am 0
7am 0
8am 0
9am 0
10am 0
11am 1
12pm 0
1pm 0
2pm 0
3pm 0
4pm 0
5pm 0
6pm 1
7pm 0
8pm 0
9pm 0
10pm 0
11pm 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 0
Mon 1
Tue 1
Wed 0
Thu 0
Fri 0
Sat 2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 1
Feb 1
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Clear 3
Rain 1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Dark - Not Lighted 2
Daylight 2

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. SR-273
  2. SR-821

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Pickup trucks 5
Medium and heavy trucks 2
Cars 1

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Chevrolet Silverado3
  2. Ford F-1501
  3. Ford Ranger1
  4. Hino Conventional Type Truck1
  5. International 9400i1
  6. Lincoln Town Car1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Crash factors
Date Location Deaths
Feb 6, 2024 — 1
Jul 3, 2021 — 1
Jan 16, 2021 — 1
Nov 9, 2020 — 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.