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57Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 Annual Report File
Fatal crashes in New Orleans, 2024
59Source: NHTSA FARS 2024 Annual Report File
Deaths in New Orleans fatal crashes, 2024
8.1%Source: Computed from the NHTSA FARS 2024 Annual Report File
Share of Louisiana's 705 fatal crashes, 2024
72%Source: Computed from the NHTSA FARS 2024 Annual Report File (41 of 57)
Of fatal crashes with a known time happened between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Crash-level figures are from the NHTSA FARS 2024 Annual Report File, the latest year published; the file can still be revised.
New Orleans quick facts list the newest sourced crash figures for New Orleans, taken from NHTSA publications.
Figures come from NHTSA; the 2025 numbers are early estimates and NHTSA revises them in early 2027, and the 2024 crash-level file can still be revised.
The bars count New Orleans's 2024 fatal crashes by manner of collision, as coded in FARS. The first-listed type is the most common.
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Each dot is a fatal crash in New Orleans, Louisiana from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020 to 2024, placed at the latitude and longitude the investigating agency reported. The map shows 291 crashes and 305 deaths; the few crashes coded to New Orleans, Louisiana but reported far outside it are left off. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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The deadliest hour is 10p–11p and the deadliest day is Sunday. 69% of crashes with a known time happened between 6 PM and 6 AM.
| Hour | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | All |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12a–1a | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 1a–2a | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 |
| 2a–3a | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 |
| 3a–4a | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 4a–5a | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 5a–6a | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| 6a–7a | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 7a–8a | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 8a–9a | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 9a–10a | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 10a–11a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 11a–12p | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 12p–1p | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1p–2p | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 2p–3p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3p–4p | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4p–5p | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 5p–6p | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 6p–7p | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 7p–8p | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
| 8p–9p | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 26 |
| 9p–10p | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| 10p–11p | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 28 |
| 11p–12a | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
305 people died and 178 more were injured, including 110 pedestrians and 25 cyclists killed.
Everyone involved in these fatal crashes, by the most serious injury recorded.
Cars were in the most fatal crashes; motorcycles and mopeds were in 42.
Every vehicle in these fatal crashes, by body type.
Source: NHTSA FARS Annual Report Files 2020-2024 (accident.csv), 2020–2024. Fatal crashes only (FARS covers every crash in which someone died within 30 days); an intersection is listed when two or more fatal crashes were reported at the same pair of roads. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.
These are fatal crashes in New Orleans recorded in NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) for 2024, the latest year NHTSA has published crash-level data. FARS counts 57 fatal crashes and 59 deaths in New Orleans that year; the table lists the 25 most recent, newest first. The 2024 file is NHTSA's Annual Report File and can still be revised. A dash means the field was not reported or the crash happened outside city limits.
| Case number | County | City | Crash date | Time | Road / Highway | Collision type | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 220693 | Orleans | New Orleans | Dec 30, 2024 | 22:59 | US-90 | Single/non-collision: Tree (Standing Only) | 1 |
| 220618 | Orleans | New Orleans | Dec 17, 2024 | 00:50 | US-90 | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220601 | Orleans | New Orleans | Dec 13, 2024 | 20:16 | MU-SOUTH CARROLLTON AVE at WASHINGTON AVE | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220607 | Orleans | New Orleans | Dec 11, 2024 | 19:39 | MU-ST BERNARD AVENUE at I-610 EAST RAMP | Other | 2 |
| 220606 | Orleans | New Orleans | Dec 9, 2024 | 20:04 | US-90 at FELICITY STREET | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220615 | Orleans | New Orleans | Dec 3, 2024 | 18:05 | I-510 | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220591 | Orleans | New Orleans | Nov 30, 2024 | 17:25 | US-90 at URSULINES AVE | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220576 | Orleans | New Orleans | Nov 26, 2024 | 09:49 | I-10 | Single/non-collision: Fence | 1 |
| 220675 | Orleans | New Orleans | Nov 24, 2024 | 20:11 | I-10 | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220535 | Orleans | New Orleans | Nov 16, 2024 | 20:55 | MU-JACKSON AVE | Single/non-collision: Curb | 1 |
| 220534 | Orleans | New Orleans | Nov 9, 2024 | 20:18 | MU-N RAMPART ST | Single/non-collision: Fell/Jumped from Vehicle | 1 |
| 220528 | Orleans | New Orleans | Oct 27, 2024 | 14:31 | MU-BEHRMAN | Single/non-collision: Curb | 1 |
| 220719 | Orleans | New Orleans | Oct 24, 2024 | 02:20 | I-10 | Single/non-collision: Curb | 1 |
| 220498 | Orleans | New Orleans | Oct 12, 2024 | 18:58 | US-90 at WILSON AVE | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220497 | Orleans | New Orleans | Oct 5, 2024 | 04:19 | I-10 | Single/non-collision: Tree (Standing Only) | 1 |
| 220496 | Orleans | New Orleans | Sep 29, 2024 | 19:20 | US-90 | Angle | 1 |
| 220494 | Orleans | New Orleans | Sep 27, 2024 | 22:39 | MU-S CLAIBORNE AVENUE at THALIA ST | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220522 | Orleans | New Orleans | Sep 24, 2024 | 13:48 | I-610 | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220434 | Orleans | New Orleans | Sep 15, 2024 | 21:56 | MU-ALMONASTER RAMP | Single/non-collision: Concrete Traffic Barrier | 1 |
| 220491 | Orleans | New Orleans | Sep 12, 2024 | 21:24 | MU- LB LANDRY AVE | Single/non-collision: Curb | 1 |
| 220482 | Orleans | New Orleans | Sep 8, 2024 | 08:52 | US-90 | Angle | 1 |
| 220362 | Orleans | New Orleans | Aug 18, 2024 | 05:04 | I-10 | Single/non-collision: Tree (Standing Only) | 2 |
| 220657 | Orleans | New Orleans | Jul 19, 2024 | 07:20 | MU-NAPOLEON AVENUE | Single/non-collision: Curb | 1 |
| 220318 | Orleans | New Orleans | Jul 18, 2024 | 22:28 | US-90 | Single/non-collision: Pedestrian | 1 |
| 220347 | Orleans | New Orleans | Jul 17, 2024 | 05:47 | I-610 | Angle | 1 |
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