Louisiana Highway Safety Commission

Committed to developing and implementing comprehensive strategy aimed at saving lives and preventing injuries on Louisiana roadways.

Total Reported Fatalities
Year-to-Date

Projected fatality count for CY 2009 is 905. Crash reports continue to be analyzed and may change final projections.

The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission (LHSC) administers the State's highway safety grant program. Louisiana's highway safety program is designed to reduce traffic crashes and the resulting deaths, injuries and property damage. Programs and projects are administered in accordance with uniform guidelines promulgated by the NHTSA and FHWA.

Projects implemented by the LHSC are limited to priority program areas, based on severity of the crash, over-representation, and magnitude of the problem. There are three contributing factors associated with a traffic crash: the roadway and environment, the vehicle, and the driver.

Driver factors (driving after drinking, speeding, not using occupant protection devices, etc.) contribute to some of the most severe traffic crashes. LHSC's highway safety plan seeks to coordinate and unite state and local programs and projects to reduce traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries by focusing on enforcement, public information and education, and legislation.

For questions, comments or suggestions concerning this website, feel free to contact our

Traffic fatal and injury fact sheet.

Louisiana Highway Safety Commission
7919 Independence Blvd.
Suite 2100
Baton Rouge, LA 70806

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