I-49 truck accidents in Louisiana (2020-2024)

I-49 truck accident deaths in Louisiana by year

Annual truck accident deaths on Louisiana's I-49 were 4 in 2020, 6 in 2021, 6 in 2022, 6 in 2023 and 7 in 2024. The highest count was 7 in 2024; the lowest was 4 in 2020. Counts rose from 2020 to 2021, remained unchanged through 2023, then rose in 2024. The years 2021, 2022 and 2023 were tied for large-truck crash deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

All-route deaths followed a different sequence: 14 in 2020, 26 in 2021, 12 in 2022, 22 in 2023 and 13 in 2024. Their highest year was 2021 and lowest was 2022. From 2023 to 2024, truck accident deaths rose while all-route deaths fell. The annual columns distinguish large-truck involvement from the full route death count.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Crashes are placed on the route by the trafficway identifier recorded for each fatal crash. 2024 is the Annual Report File.

Counties along I-49 in Louisiana

Truck accident deaths were recorded in 8 counties on the Louisiana I-49 segment. Among the listed rows, De Soto Parish and Natchitoches Parish tied for the highest death count, each with 7 and 24.1% of the state segment total. Caddo Parish and Lafayette Parish each recorded 4 deaths and 13.8%. St. Landry Parish recorded 3 deaths and 10.3%.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Rapides Parish had 2 deaths and 6.9%. Avoyelles Parish and Evangeline Parish each had 1 death and 3.4%, tying for the lowest count among the listed rows. These truck accident figures identify the parishes where crashes occurred; they do not count deaths according to where the people killed lived.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

How the truck crashes on I-49 happened

The manner-of-collision figures describe the first harmful event in each truck accident. Rear-end crashes accounted for 11 deaths, or 37.9%; angle (side impact) for 1 and 3.4%; sideswipe for 0 and 0.0%; and head-on for 3 and 10.3%. The row "Not a collision with another moving vehicle" recorded 14 deaths and 48.3%. It means no collision with a motor vehicle in transport, including events such as a rollover or striking a parked vehicle. A vehicle stopped in traffic can be in transport.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Daytime truck accident deaths numbered 11, or 37.9%, versus nighttime's 18 and 62.1%. Urban locations recorded 8 deaths and 27.6%; rural locations recorded 21 and 72.4%. Work-zone deaths numbered 0. These Louisiana I-49 figures count deaths, not trucks or crashes; a fatal truck crash can involve multiple large trucks and multiple deaths.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I-49 in other states

Across 3 states with deaths recorded on I-49, the route-wide count was 43 deaths in large-truck crashes from 2020 to 2024. Louisiana's segment recorded 29, representing 67.4% of that supplied route total. The route-wide figure has a different geographic scope from the Louisiana truck accident count.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The other-state table lists "No other state segment met the threshold" with 0. That entry does not identify another state segment for comparison or establish that other states had no truck accident deaths. The listed other-state rows are a subset, not the separately supplied route total. These counts are not traffic-adjusted risk rankings and cannot establish relative risk per trip or mile.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

About these figures

Louisiana I-49 truck accident statistics use NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a census of fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Nonfatal crashes and injuries are excluded. State and county fields locate crashes, not the homes of people killed. A reader searching for a truck accident lawyer should read these as crash-location counts.^[8][6][7]

For I-49 in Louisiana, crash-level ROUTE and TWAY_ID fields assign the corridor; they describe route signing and crash location rather than full highway coverage. Large-truck involvement does not establish fault. The 2020 to 2023 figures use FARS Final Files. The 2024 figures use the Annual Report File and can change when NHTSA replaces it with the Final File. Death counts remain distinct from fatal-crash counts.^[8][6][7]

See also

• Louisiana truck accident statistics (2020-2024)

On related publications

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