A portion of Interstate 10 near Lafayette ranks among the deadliest highway segments in Louisiana in the last five years, according to a new analysis of fatal crash data.
The study, published by Chris Corzo Injury Attorneys, examined fatal crash records from 2019 through 2023 using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System.
Researchers divided highways into 10-mile sections and counted how many deadly crashes happened in each zone. If two sections had the same number of fatal crashes, they ranked the one with more deaths higher. The study found that six of Louisiana’s nine deadliest 10-mile stretches were on I-10, the main thoroughfare running east and west across the state. The other three were on Interstate 12…