News & opinion New Orleans Traffic Accident Statistics

New Orleans Traffic Accident Statistics

Car Accident Lawyer NO
t Ste

t J. Guss, Inju

y

ccident L

ye

s,

e love good c

ccident st

tistics! Befo

e you get

ll bothe

ed by th

t confession, let me just s

y, I kno

. ong>Loving tffic st

tistics m

kes us mo

e th

n

little unusu

l<

st

ong>. The simple f

ct is, ho

eve

, th

t d

t

bout t

ffic

ccidents, inju

ies,

nd f

t

lities in Ne

O

le

ns give ou

<

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

l

ne

-o

le

ns

c

ccident-lye

/”>c

ccident l fi

m > insight

bout ho

nd

hy ne

clients end up

lking th

ough ou

doo

s looking fo

leg

l help to

ecove

the compens

tion they dese

ve fo

SEVE

E INJU

IES

nd TGIC LOSSES OF LOVED ONES suffe

ed in these

ccidents. If you'

e

onde

ing ho

m

ny c

ccidents e h

ppening ne

you in Ne

O

le

ns, LSU publishes det

iled st

tistics

bout t

ffic

ccidents th

oughout Louisi

n

. In tod

y’s blog post,

e focus on

subset of th

t info

m

tion: ong>tffic

ccident st

tistics fo

Ne

O

le

ns<

st

ong>.

e

d on to len

bout the numbe

s

nd types of t

ffic

ccidents th

t h

ppen in the Big E

sy,

nd ou

thoughts on ho

th

t d

t

c

n help to keep you s

fe the next time you ventu

e out onto city st

eets

s

d

ive

, cyclist, o

pedest

i

n.

The Big Pictu

e of T

ffic

ccidents in the Big E

sy

ccident Tot

ls

In the l

st full ye fohich<

h

ef="http:

/d

tepo

ts.lsu.edu/C

sh

epo

tIndex.

spx" tget="_bl

nk”

el="nofollo

noopene

no

efe

e

"> st

tistics

e

v

il

ble f

om LSU >

s this blog post goes to p

int, the

e

e

e 6,344 t

ffic

ccidents in O

le

ns Pish (the v

st m

jo

ity of them in Ne

O

le

ns p

ope

) th

t

esulted in eithe

f

t

lity (40 c

shes) o

inju

y (6,304 c

shes). In those 6,344 f

t

l o

inju

y c

shes, 41 people died,

nd 10,621 people sust

ined inju

ies. Th

t s

me ye, O

le

ns Pish

lso s

13,680 c

shes involving p

ope

ty d

m

ge only.

Estim

ted Costs<

h3>
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

B

sed on the numbe

of

ccidents pe

100,000

esidents,

nd on the numbe

of

ccidents pe

100 million miles tveled, in one

ecent ye

O

le

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

le

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

n

th

t ye. ong>Th

t’s the good ne

s. ong> The b

d ne

s is,

hen

nked

g

inst othe

Pishes fo

f

t

l c

shes, O

le

ns P

ish f

ed SPECT

CULLY POO

LY. It fell to

dism

l ong>51st<

st

ong> in the nkings fo

f

t

l c

shes pe

100,000

esidents,

nd

not-much-bette

ong>38th ong> fo

f

t

l c

shes pe

100 million miles tveled. (P

elimin

y numbe

s fo

the subsequent ye

suggest those

nkings h

ve

em

ined

bout the s

me.)

Big Pictu

e T

ke

y

So, the big pictu

e p

inted by the d

t

is th

t in O

le

ns Pish,

nd Ne

O

le

ns in pticul, the

e

e ong>LOTS<

st

ong> of tffic

ccidents, they cost ong>TONS OF MONEY<

st

ong>,

nd

disp

opo

tion

tely ong>lge pe

cent

ge of

o

d use

s die ong> in tffic

ccidents in Ne

O

le

ns comped to othe

p

ishes, even though Ne

O

le

ns moto

ists h

ve

comp

tively lo

te of t

ffic

ccident inju

ies.

Victims of T

ffic

ccidents in Ne

O

le

ns

LSU so

ts d

t

on

o

d use

s killed o

inju

ed in t

ffic

ccidents into th

ee c

tego

ies: d

ive

s, p

ssenge

s,

nd pedest

i

ns. Of the 41 tffic f

t

lities th

t h

ppened in

nd

ound Ne

O

le

ns in one

ecent ye

, 18 of the victims

e

e d

ive

s of vehicles, 5

e

e vehicle p

ssenge

s,

nd 18

e

e pedest

i

ns. Out of the 10,621 people inju

ed, 6,704

e

e d

ive

s, 3,520

e

e p

ssenge

s,

nd 397

e

e pedest

i

ns. So,

h

t do these d

t

sho

? Fi

st, th

t d

ive

s h

ve the highest ovell p

ob

bility of suffe

ing

n inju

y o

f

t

lity in

t

ffic

ccident in Ne

O

le

ns,

hich isn’t

ll th

t su

p

ising since you c

n’t

e

lly h

ve

t

ffic

ccident

ithout someone d

iving

vehicle. Second, th

t if you e

pedest

i

n involved in

tffic

ccident (n

mely, if someone hits you

ith

c), you h

ve

much higheisk of dying in

t

ffic

ccident th

n

nyone else does. This f

ct, too, p

ob

bly isn’t especi

lly shocking, conside

ing ho

vulneble pedest

i

ns e in

n imp

ct

ith

moving vehicle.

lcohol

nd Tffic

ccidents in Ne

O

le

ns<

h2>
ss="

lign

ight size-medium

p-im

ge-42042" s

c=”https://c

inju

yvictims.comp-content

uplo

ds

2020/02/ne

-o

le

ns-tffic-

ccidents-1-300×225.jpg”

lt="

uto

ccident

tto

ney NO"

idth=”300″ height=”225″ />The Big E

sy h

s

, sh

ll

e s

y,

eput

tion fo

being

city

he

e visito

s go to enjoy themselves

ith

gl

ss o

fou

of <

h

ef=”https://

.ne

o

le

ns.com/d

ink

cockt

ils

hu

ic

ne

” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”nofollo

noopene

no

efee

“>

lcohol-l

den lib

tions<>. Tffic

ccidents

ep

esent

n unfo

tun

te, if utte

ly p

edict

ble, byp

oduct of

ll th

t meym

king. In one

ecent ye, the

e

e

e 19 f

t

l

lcohol-

el

ted cshes

nd 402 <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.comh

t-to-do-if-you

e-inju

ed-by-

-d

unk-d

ive

/” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">

lcohol-

el

ted c

shes

esulting in inju

ies >. It might su

p

ise you to len, ho

eve

, th

t

lthough Ne

O

le

ns pl

ys host to some ve

it

bly LEGENDY celebtions du

ing C

niv

l,

hich t

kes pl

ce e

ch ye bet

een J

nuy

nd M

ch (give o

t

ke), th

t is not

hen the st

tistics sho

the most <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.com

office-of-moto

-vehicles-ne

-o

le

ns/” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">

lcohol-

el

ted t

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)

e

e

p

il, M

y,

nd

ugust.

Like

ise,

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

e

e

e<

h

ef=”https://

.us

tod

y.com

sto

y

ne

s

n

tion

2019/03/03/ne

-o

le

ns-mdi-gs-csh-cyclists-pedest

i

ns-2-de

d/3048530002/” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”nofollo

noopene

no

efee

“> seve

l de

dly

lcohol-

el

ted c

shes > du

ing one M

di G

s, fo

ex

mple. O

le

ns P

ish s

some of the highest

numbe

s of

lcohol-

el

ted inju

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

KE: ong>

lcohol use

ep

esents

t

uly DE

DLY

nd DEV

ST

TING f

cto

in m

ny of Ne

O

le

ns’ t

ffic

ccidents.<

st

ong>

Tffic

ccidents

ffecting Bicyclists in Ne

O

le

ns

It

s

“good” ye fo

bicyclists in Ne

O

le

ns

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

le

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

O

le

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

le

ns Pish s fou

<

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.com

i-

s-inju

ed-in-

-bicycle-

ccident-

ho-is-li

ble

” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">bicycle-

el

ted tffic

ccident > f

t

lities.

h

t’s

o

se, ong>

LL FOU

ong> of those cyclist f

t

lities involved the use of

lcohol,

s s the c

se in one of the M

di G

s c

shes linked

bove,

he

e

n intoxic

ted d

ive

s

e

ved into

bike l

ne, killing t

o.

Young D

ive

s in Ne

O

le

ns Tffic

ccidents

It might not come

s much of

su

p

ise to le

n th

t <

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

t

lk-teen-c-eck

” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">young d

ive

s<>

ep

esent

disp

opo

tion

tely lge p

opo

tion of d

ive

s in tffic

ccidents in O

le

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

O

le

ns e

, but they

ccounted fo

12.5 pe

cent of the d

ive

s in f

t

l cshes in O

le

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

le

ns Pish one of the most d

nge

ous Pishes fo

young d

ive

s in

ll of Louisi

n

. The d

t

is not

v

il

ble

t the Pish level fo

the gende

s of those young d

ive

s, but

t the st

te level the d

t

sho

th

t YOUNG M

LE D

IVE

S, in p

ticul

, get into inju

y-c

using

nd f

t

l

ccidents

t

F

HIGHE

te th

n young fem

le d

ive

s.

Tffic

ccidents

t Ne

O

le

ns Inte

sections<

h2>
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

ong>signific

nt ong> numbe

of <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.com

b

o

dside-collisions/” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">b

o

dside cshes

t inte

sections<>. The

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

iving is<

h

ef="https:

/l

.justi

.com

codes/louisi

n

/2011/

s

title32/

s32-300-5

” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”nofollo

noopene

“> illeg

l in Louisi

n

<>. Plus,

emembe

those

IDICULOUS st

tistics

bout

ccidents

t inte

sections?

ell,

e’d bet

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?

ell, the d

t

tell us th

t d

iving,

iding,

nd lking in Ne

O

le

ns comes

ith

HUGE numbe

of potenti

l h

zds, f

om tipsy young m

le d

ive

s to c

o

ded inte

sections.

No

mind,

e don’t me

n to SCE you. Ne

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

. But BE CEFUL. N

o

st

eets c

o

ded

ith meym

ke

s,

nd v

ious types of vehicles c

n le

d to

: <

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

l

ne

-o

le

ns

ongful-de

th-lye

/”>t

uck

ccident >, <

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

l

ne

-o

le

ns

moto

cycle-

ccident-l

ye

“>moto

cycle

ccident >, <

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

l

ne

-o

le

ns

pedest

i

n-

ccident-lye

/”>pedest

i

n

ccident<>, <

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

l

ne

-o

le

ns

bus-

ccident-lye

/”>bus

ccident<>, o

even

<

h

ef="https:

/c

inju

yvictims.com

l

ne

-o

le

ns

ongful-de

th-lye

/”>

ongful de

th c

se >.

h

t h

ppens if <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.comh

t-to-do-

fte

-c

ccident-inju

y/” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">someone gets inju

ed > o

t

gic

lly loses

loved one in

tffic

ccident in Ne

O

le

ns? Hopefully, th

t

ill neve

h

ppen to you. If it does, ho

eve

, kno

th

t THE L IS ON YOU

SIDE. You c

n t

ke leg

l

ction to seek <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.com

c

ccident-cl

im-

o

th/” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">compens

tion fo

you

inju

ies <>

nd losses,

ssuming the

ccident

s <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.com

common-c

ccident-scenios

” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">not enti

ely you

f

ult > (

hich, in ou

expe

ience, it

ely is). To obt

in the compens

tion you need

nd dese

ve, it’s best to spe

k to

n expe

ienced Ne

O

le

ns c

ccident

tto

ney <

h

ef=”https://c

inju

yvictims.comhen-to-get-

-c

ccident-

tto

ney

” t

get=”_bl

nk"

el=”noopene

no

efe

e

">

s soon

s possible<

a>.

How Can We HELP Get a FREE Virtual Consultation
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Testimonials

Client testimonials "Mr. Guss & his team significantly exceeded my expectations and the net settlement I received was more than triple... - Norman B. View All Testimonials
Schedule a free virtual visit 866-552-1808 Or Send us a message today >

Read More

Handling Catastrophic Injury Claims for 20+ Years
Car Accident Attorneys Houston 19 Jan

  T ust us hen e sy the e isn’t nything “e sy” bout filing c insunce clim ith...

Drunk Driving Accident Lawyer 15 Jan

. to schedule f ee consulttion. Don’t del y! Youights e too impot nt. Signs of n Intoxic ted...

How to Claim for Whiplash After a Car Accident 10 Jan

He e’s scen io e see ll too often in ou line of o k: pe son lks y...

Get Legal Help Now Contact Our Attorneys To LEarn How We Can Help You Achieve The Justice You Deserve * Required Field
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Nationwide Locations
© 2023 by Stewart J Guss Injury Accident Lawyers All Rights Reserved. | SEO by Rankings.io