Truck accident statistics for Acadia Parish, Louisiana (2020-2024)

Truck accident deaths in Acadia Parish by year

The annual truck accident death count rose from 1 in 2020 to 14 in 2021, then fell to 2 in 2022. It rose to 3 in 2023 before falling to 0 in 2024. The highest count was 14 in 2021, and the lowest was 0 in 2024. The 2024 count was lower than the 2020 count by 1 death.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Truck accident deaths represented 7.7% of all traffic deaths in 2020, 51.9% in 2021, 12.5% in 2022, 21.4% in 2023 and 0.0% in 2024. The corresponding all-traffic death counts were 13, 27, 16, 14 and 11. These annual figures count deaths within 30 days of public-road crashes; the 2024 figures can be revised.^{[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 Acadia Parish truck accidents

People in the large truck accounted for 6 deaths, or 30.0%, while People in other vehicles accounted for 13 deaths, or 65.0%. People in other vehicles were the largest person category in the parish's truck accident death figures for 2020 through 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The row "Pedestrians, bicyclists and other people outside vehicles" recorded 1 death, or 5.0%. This is the FARS nonoccupant grouping, including pedestrians, pedalcyclists and other or unknown nonoccupants. Despite the label, its other category can include occupants of motor vehicles not in transport, such as parked vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

The trucks involved

Fatal truck accidents in Acadia Parish involved 16 large trucks during 2020 through 2024. Truck-tractors, described in the table as semi or tractor-trailer units, accounted for 9 trucks and 56.2% of the large trucks recorded. Single-unit and other large trucks accounted for 7 trucks. The count of large trucks recorded as jackknifed was 1.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

These are vehicle counts, distinct from the parish's 14 fatal crashes and 20 truck accident deaths. A crash can involve multiple large trucks, so the trucks table does not count each vehicle as a separate crash or death.^{[1][2][3][4][5][8][7]}

Counts are trucks, not crashes. One crash can involve more than one large truck.

How the fatal truck crashes happened

Manner of collision describes the first harmful event. Angle (side impact) recorded 3 deaths, or 15.0%; Head-on, 6, or 30.0%; Rear-end, 2, or 10.0%; and Sideswipe, 2, or 10.0%. "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 7 deaths, or 35.0%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, which can be stopped in traffic. Examples include striking a pedestrian, cyclist, parked vehicle or fixed object, or a rollover.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Separately, truck accident deaths by crash configuration were 3, or 15.0%, for single-vehicle crashes; 6, or 30.0%, for two-vehicle crashes; and 11, or 55.0%, for crashes involving three or more vehicles.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Interstates, time of day and setting

Interstate-coded crashes accounted for 15 truck accident deaths, or 75.0%, during 2020 through 2024. The listed I-10 count was 15 deaths. These figures require an interstate route code and a readable interstate route number in the FARS roadway field. The listed route is a route-coded subset, not a full road network.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Daytime recorded 12 deaths, or 60.0%, and nighttime recorded 8 deaths, or 40.0%. Urban locations accounted for 7 deaths, or 35.0%; rural locations accounted for 13 deaths, or 65.0%. The work-zone count was 0 deaths. These classifications describe deaths in truck accidents, rather than counts of trucks.^{[1][2][3][4][5][7]}

Truck accident death rate compared with Louisiana and the United States

Acadia Parish's truck accident death rate was 7.0 average annual deaths per 100,000 residents for 2020 through 2024. Louisiana's rate was 2.4, and the United States rate was 1.6. The parish rate was higher than both. The corresponding death counts were 20 for Acadia Parish, 561 for Louisiana and 27,553 for the United States. No neighboring county rates are listed in the supplied figures.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

These rates divide deaths by the sum of annual Census Bureau population estimates and express the result per year per 100,000 residents. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The parish's separately displayed 2024 population estimate of 57,103 is not the denominator used for this 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.

About these figures

FARS is NHTSA's census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Inclusion requires a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and a death within 30 days. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. For readers searching "truck accident lawyer," these counts are grouped by crash location, not where the people who died lived.^[9][6][7][8]

The 2020 through 2023 records are Final Files; the 2024 Annual Report File remains subject to revision. Rates divide deaths by summed annual Census Bureau population estimates from Vintage 2025, then multiply by 100,000. They do not adjust for miles driven or visitors. The separately shown July 1, 2024 population estimate is not the rate denominator.^[9][6][7][8]