# Traffic fatalities in South Carolina

Traffic fatalities in South Carolina was 1,038 in 2024 (provisional). Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatalities`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- Unit: count
- Definition: People killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the year. FARS counts people who die within 30 days of a crash involving a motor vehicle travelling on a public road, by the place of the crash, not of residence.
- Note: A police-based count of deaths. It differs from death certificate counts (CDC) and from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate), which is modelled for international comparison.
- Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states (https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public information (US government work); may be distributed or copied
- Citation: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv), United States and states. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2024/National/FARS2024NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=traffic_fatalities&place=us-state-45

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 1,038 (provisional) |
| 2023 | 1,047 |
| 2022 | 1,094 |
| 2021 | 1,198 |
| 2020 | 1,066 |
| 2019 | 1,006 |
| 2018 | 1,036 |
| 2017 | 989 |
| 2016 | 1,020 |
| 2015 | 979 |
| 2014 | 823 |
| 2013 | 767 |
| 2012 | 863 |
| 2011 | 828 |
| 2010 | 809 |
| 2009 | 894 |
| 2008 | 921 |
| 2007 | 1,077 |
| 2006 | 1,045 |
| 2005 | 1,094 |
| 2004 | 1,046 |
| 2003 | 969 |
| 2002 | 1,053 |
| 2001 | 1,060 |
| 2000 | 1,065 |
| 1999 | 1,065 |
| 1998 | 1,002 |
| 1997 | 903 |
| 1996 | 930 |
| 1995 | 881 |
| 1994 | 847 |
| 1993 | 846 |
| 1992 | 807 |
| 1991 | 890 |
| 1990 | 979 |
| 1989 | 996 |
| 1988 | 1,031 |
| 1987 | 1,086 |
| 1986 | 1,059 |
| 1985 | 951 |
| 1984 | 916 |
| 1983 | 844 |
| 1982 | 730 |
| 1981 | 846 |
| 1980 | 852 |
| 1979 | 900 |
| 1978 | 883 |
| 1977 | 927 |
| 1976 | 806 |
| 1975 | 820 |