New Orleans Traffic Accident Stats | Car Accidents Near Me in New Orleans

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you in Ne

ns, LSU publishes det

iled st

tistics

bout t

ffic

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e out onto city st

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ffic
ccidents in the Big E
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s this blog post goes to p

int, the

e 6,344 t

ffic

ccidents in O

ns Pish (the v

st m

ity of them in Ne

ns p

ope

) th

esulted in eithe

lity (40 c

shes) o

inju

y (6,304 c

shes). In those 6,344 f

l o

inju

y c

shes, 41 people died,

nd 10,621 people sust

ined inju

ies. Th

t s

me ye, O

ns Pish

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13,680 c

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Estim
ted Costs<
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The estim
ted cost of these
ccidents—f
t
l, inju
y,
nd “p
ope
ty d
m
ge only”—

s HUGE, to use
technic
l te
m. LSU’s c
lcul
tions estim
te the tot
l cost of
ll of O
le
ns P

ish’s c

shes in one
ecent ye n to $965.76 million. Th
t’s
bout $4,794 in
nnu
l costs pe
licensed d
ive
in Ne
O
le
ns.

nk Comped to Othe
P

ishes

sed on the numbe

ccidents pe

100,000

esidents,

nd on the numbe

ccidents pe

100 million miles tveled, in one

ecent ye

ns P

ish

nked ong>fi

st ong>

mong

ll pishes fo

inju

y cshes. In otheo

ds,

hen it comes to tffic

ccidents in

hich someone got inju

ed, O

ns P

ish h

d the fe

est such c

shes pe

100,000 of popul

tion,

nd pe

100 million miles d

iven, of

ny P

ish in Louisi

t ye. ong>Th

t’s the good ne

s. ong> The b

d ne

s is,

hen

nked

inst othe

Pishes fo

l c

shes, O

ns P

ish f

ed SPECT

CULLY POO

LY. It fell to

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l c

shes pe

100,000

esidents,

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l c

shes pe

100 million miles tveled. (P

elimin

y numbe

s fo

the subsequent ye

suggest those

nkings h

ined

bout the s

me.)

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e T
ke
y

So, the big pictu

e p

inted by the d

is th

t in O

ns Pish,

nd Ne

ns in pticul, the

e ong>LOTS<

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ccidents, they cost ong>TONS OF MONEY<

ong>,

disp

opo

tion

tely ong>lge pe

cent

ge of

d use

s die ong> in tffic

ccidents in Ne

ns comped to othe

ishes, even though Ne

ns moto

ists h

comp

tively lo

te of t

ffic

ccident inju

ies.

Victims of T

ffic
ccidents in Ne
O
le
ns

LSU so

ts d

d use

s killed o

inju

ed in t

ffic

ccidents into th

ee c

tego

ies: d

ive

s, p

ssenge

nd pedest

ns. Of the 41 tffic f

lities th

t h

ppened in

ound Ne

ns in one

ecent ye

, 18 of the victims

e d

ive

s of vehicles, 5

e vehicle p

ssenge

nd 18

e pedest

ns. Out of the 10,621 people inju

ed, 6,704

e d

ive

s, 3,520

e p

ssenge

nd 397

e pedest

ns. So,

t do these d

sho

? Fi

st, th

t d

ive

s h

ve the highest ovell p

bility of suffe

ing

n inju

y o

lity in

ffic

ccident in Ne

ns,

hich isn’t

ll th

t su

ising since you c

n’t

lly h

ffic

ccident

ithout someone d

iving

vehicle. Second, th

t if you e

pedest

n involved in

tffic

ccident (n

mely, if someone hits you

ith

c), you h

much higheisk of dying in

ffic

ccident th

nyone else does. This f

ct, too, p

bly isn’t especi

lly shocking, conside

ing ho

vulneble pedest

ns e in

n imp

ith

moving vehicle.

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nd Tffic
ccidents in Ne
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lcohol-
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ies >. It might su
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t
lthough Ne
O
le
ns pl
ys host to some ve
it
bly LEGENDY celebtions du
ing C

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l,
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nd M

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lcohol-
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ffic
ccidents<>, inju
ies,
nd f
t
lities occu
in O
le
ns P

ish. In one
ecent ye, fo
ex
mple, the months
ith the highest numbe
of f
t
l
lcohol-
el
ted t

ffic
ccidents (th
ee in e
ch month)
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p
il, M
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nd
ugust.

Like
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hen M

di G

s comes in l
te Feb
u

y, the high-

te
months folcohol-
el
ted tffic
ccidents
esulting in inju
ies
e
e M

ch (40
ccidents), June (36),
nd Decembe
(39). If
nything, it
ppes th
t pe
h
ps bec
use of the vehicle
est
ictions in
nd

ound Ne
O
le
ns du
ing C

niv
l, tffic
ccidents decline (o

t le
st st
y fl
t) du
ing th
t time. Still, the pictu
e of
lcohol use
nd t

ffic
ccidents in Ne
O
le
ns is NOT
T
LL
OSY. The
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mple. O
le
ns P

ish s

some of the highest
numbe
s of
lcohol-
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ies
nd f
t
lities,
iv
led only by E
st B
ton
ouge P

ish fo
f
equency of f
t
lities
nd inju
ies. So, M
KE NO MIST
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t
uly DE
DLY
nd DEV
ST
TING f
cto
in m
ny of Ne
O
le
ns’ t

ffic
ccidents.<
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ong>

Tffic
ccidents
ffecting Bicyclists in Ne
O
le
ns

“good” ye fo

bicyclists in Ne

ecently, if by “good” you me

n th

t no bicyclists DIED in t

ffic

ccidents (unlike p

evious ye

s). Th

t su

ely comes

s sm

ll comfo

t, ho

eve

, to the 199 bicyclists

ho suffe

ed inju

ies in bicycle-involved t

ffic incidents in O

ns P

ish th

t ye (

nd to the 29 people st

te-

ide

ho died in such

ccidents). It

ould seem th

t Ne

ns simply ong>lucked out ong> th

t no one

iding

bicycle died in

tffic

ccident in th

t ye. Th

ough the end of Novembe

the next ye, in shp contst, O

ns Pish s fou

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t’s

se, ong>

LL FOU

ong> of those cyclist f

lities involved the use of

lcohol,

s s the c

se in one of the M

di G

s c

shes linked

bove,

n intoxic

ted d

ive

ved into

bike l

ne, killing t

Young D
ive
s in Ne
O
le
ns Tffic
ccidents

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disp

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tely lge p

opo

tion of d

ive

s in tffic

ccidents in O

ns P

ish. The pictu

e is G

IM, to s

y the le

st. People bet

een the

ges of 15

nd 24 m

ke up only just 11.46 pe

cent of the popul

tion of licensed d

ive

s in the Ne

ns e

, but they

ccounted fo

12.5 pe

cent of the d

ive

s in f

l cshes in O

ns Pish in one

ecent ye

nd HOPPING 25.59 pe

cent of d

ive

s in t

ffic

ccidents th

t c

used inju

ies.

Those

tes m

de O

ns Pish one of the most d

nge

ous Pishes fo

young d

ive

s in

ll of Louisi

. The d

is not

ble

t the Pish level fo

the gende

s of those young d

ive

s, but

t the st

te level the d

sho

t YOUNG M

LE D

IVE

S, in p

ticul

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ccidents

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Tffic
ccidents
t Ne
O
le
ns Inte
sections<
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LSU
lso studies
he
e tffic
ccidents occu
. It
ill p
ob
bly come
s no su
p
ise to
nyone
ho h
s n
vig
ted some of the tight do
nto
n st
eets in Ne
O
le
ns th
t ou
f
i
city expe
iences
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nt ong> numbe
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dside cshes
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e
e
e 10,660 c

shes
t inte
sections in O
le
ns P

ish in one
ecent ye. The V
ST M
JO
ITY of them h
ppened on
o
ds design
ted by LSU
s “loc
l”

the
th
n “st
te.” In otheo
ds, they h
ppened on city st
eets.
onde
ing
h
t pe
cent
ge of
ccidents h
ppen
t inte
sections in Ne
O
le
ns? ong>
lmost h
lf of the f
t
lities ong>
nd mo
e th
n ong>h
lf of the inju
ies<
st
ong> th
t h
ppened in tffic
ccidents in O
le
ns P

ish in one
ecent ye ong>occu

ed
t city st
eet inte
sections!<
st
ong> Stop
nd think
bout th
t fo

minute. The
e e COUNTLESS ys
t

ffic
ccident c
n h
ppen. In
ny given ye

, the ong>ST
TE
IDE
VE

GE ong> is th
t ONLY
bout one-thi
d of
ll cshes
ill h
ppen
t inte
sections. ong>In Ne
O
le
ns, mo
e th
n 55 pe
cent of
ll cshes—f
t
l, inju
y-c
using,
nd “p
ope
ty d
m
ge only”—h
ppen
t inte
sections.<
st
ong> Th
t is

Y
bove the b
seline fo
Louisi
n

s

hole. Numbe
s like th
t send one
ning: EVE
YONE MUST BE C

EFUL
hen c
ossing the st
eet o
m
king
tu
n
t
light
ny
he
e in the Big E
sy.
Ne
O
le
ns D
ive
Dist

ction C

shes

Dist

cted d
iving
lso pl
ys
l

ge
ole in tffic
ccidents in O
le
ns P

ish. Th
t
ill p
ob
bly come
s NO SU
P
ISE to
nyone
ho o
ns
smt phone
nd finds themselves M
GNETIC
LLY D
N to
sc
een
heneve
it is neby. He
e is the inte
esting pt, ho
eve
.
cco
ding to LSU, F MO
E dist

cted d
iving-
el
ted tffic
ccidents in
nd ound Ne
O
le
ns in one
ecent ye involved distctions othe
th
n cell phones. The most common distction
cco
ding to LSU s
c
tego
y l
beled “Othe
Inside Vehicle”—
hich
e c
n only inte
p
et to me
n dist

ctions like tu
ning ound to t
lk to kids, fiddling
ith the dio settings, oe
ching to the floo
to pick up something th
t d
opped. The second most common c
tego
y of distction fo
d
ive
s involved in
ccidents in O
le
ns Pish in one
ecent ye

s “Othe
Outside Vehicle.” ong>Let’s be honest: the
e e
LOT of outside-the-vehicle visu
l distctions in the Big E
sy ong>. Th
t’s one of the things th
t m
kes ou
to
n so F
BULOUS—the
e is
lot to look ... even gk
t. Just bec
use NOL
h
s some p
etty
M
ZING sights
nd sounds, though, doesn’t me
n you should p
y
ttention to them
hile behind the
heel. Keep you
eyes on the
o
d!<
em>

Cell phones, it tu
ns out,
ep
esented only the thi
d most common dist

ction involved in t

ffic
ccidents in O
le
ns Pish in one
ecent ye

.
hich isn’t to s
y you should let do
n you
gu

d
nd t
y to send
quick text
hen you get to
stop light. Texting
nd d
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emembe
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IDICULOUS st
tistics
bout
ccidents
t inte
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ell,
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lot of those c

shes h
ppened bec
use of d
ive
dist

ction. So put you
dn phone do
n
l
e
dy!
h
t Ne
O
le
ns T

ffic
ccident St
tistics Tell Us
h
t c
n
e m
ke of
ll these numbe
s
nd pe
cent
ges
nd nkings
nd such?
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t
tell us th
t d
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iding,
nd lking in Ne
O
le
ns comes
ith
HUGE numbe
of potenti
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zds, f
om tipsy young m
le d
ive
s to c
o
ded inte
sections.

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mind,
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O
le
ns is
sensu
l fe
st beloved by its
esidents
nd
do
ed by its visito
s.
e encouge eve
yone to come s
mple
h
t the city h
s to offe
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o
st
eets c
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ke
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nd v

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New Orleans Traffic Accident Statistics

The Big Pictu
e of T

ffic
ccidents in the Big E
sy

ccident Tot
ls

nk Comped to Othe
P

ishes

Big Pictu
e T
ke
y

Victims of T

ffic
ccidents in Ne
O
le
ns

Tffic
ccidents
ffecting Bicyclists in Ne
O
le
ns

Young D
ive
s in Ne
O
le
ns Tffic
ccidents

Ne
O
le
ns D
ive
Dist

ction C

shes

h
t Ne
O
le
ns T

ffic
ccident St
tistics Tell Us

Testimonials

The Big Pictue of T ffic ccidents in the Big Esy

ccident Totls

nk Comped to Othe P ishes

Big Pictue T key

Victims of T ffic ccidents in Ne O lens

Tffic ccidents ffecting Bicyclists in Ne O lens

Young D ives in Ne Ole ns Tffic ccidents

Ne O lens D ive Dist ction C shes

h t Ne O lens T ffic ccident Sttistics Tell Us

Testimonials

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The Big Pictu
e of T

ffic
ccidents in the Big E
sy

ccident Tot
ls

nk Comped to Othe
P

ishes

Big Pictu
e T
ke
y

Victims of T

ffic
ccidents in Ne
O
le
ns

Tffic
ccidents
ffecting Bicyclists in Ne
O
le
ns

Young D
ive
s in Ne
O
le
ns Tffic
ccidents

Ne
O
le
ns D
ive
Dist

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