Highway Safety Research Group at the LSU E.J. Ourso College of Business

Study find traffic deaths on the rise in state

There were 771 highway deaths in 2017, up from 757 in 2016, according to the 2017 Louisiana Traffic Records Data Report. The report, which offers details information from the state to city level, also found there were no highway fatalities in Eunice during 2017. There were 23 fatalities in St.