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Fatal crashes in South Carolina

Every fatal crash in South Carolina is counted by NHTSA, by year since 1975 and by county. These are deaths on the road, not claims, and they are not our numbers.

Fatal crashes in South Carolina, by year1975–2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

1975 1,112 fatal crashes at the peak 2024

All 50 years as a table
YearFatal crashesDeaths
2024 948 1,038
2023 976 1,047
2022 1,019 1,094
2021 1,112 1,198
2020 964 1,066
2019 927 1,006
2018 969 1,036
2017 925 989
2016 941 1,020
2015 911 979
2014 756 823
2013 719 767
2012 806 863
2011 767 828
2010 750 809
2009 817 894
2008 841 921
2007 985 1,077
2006 973 1,045
2005 981 1,094
2004 946 1,046
2003 905 969
2002 949 1,053
2001 962 1,060
2000 948 1,065
1999 944 1,065
1998 912 1,002
1997 798 903
1996 821 930
1995 782 881
1994 753 847
1993 776 846
1992 718 807
1991 789 890
1990 884 979
1989 895 996
1988 908 1,031
1987 968 1,086
1986 944 1,059
1985 847 951
1984 820 916
1983 739 844
1982 667 730
1981 768 846
1980 747 852
1979 795 900
1978 778 883
1977 807 927
1976 694 806
1975 711 820

The fifteen South Carolina counties with the most fatal crashes2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
County Fatal crashes Deaths
Greenville 45045 82 94
Richland 45079 59 63
Horry 45051 57 58
Spartanburg 45083 56 66
Charleston 45019 55 61
Lexington 45063 52 54
Anderson 45007 45 45
Orangeburg 45075 38 48
Berkeley 45015 37 37
Dorchester 45035 33 38
York 45091 30 34
Florence 45041 28 28
Aiken 45003 27 29
Beaufort 45013 23 27
Sumter 45085 23 23

Which roads, in South Carolina2024

NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

Share is of the crashes this source assigned a road class to, not of every crash in the state.

Road class Fatal crashes Deaths Share
State Highway 381 411 40%
U.S. Highway 262 290 28%
Secondary Route 168 178 18%
Interstate 93 110 10%
County 41 45 4%
Not Signed 3 4 0%

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