BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator ) – The number of people killed on Louisiana roads in 2024 reached its lowest level in five years, with fatality numbers dropping faster than the rest of the country, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission announced Tuesday.

Motor vehicle crashes in Louisiana caused 753 deaths last year, a 7.2% reduction from 2023 and a bigger decline than the national rate of 3.8%, according to data from the Center for Analytics and Research in Transportation Safety.

Helmut Schneider, the center’s executive director, shared the new statistics in a presentation at Louisiana State University.

Lisa Freeman, executive director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, said the lower fatality rate “shows we are moving in the right direction, but we still have wo

See Full Page