Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities

Greenville County had the highest traffic fatalities of 46 counties in 2016, at 87. Saluda County had the lowest, at 1. The median was 18 and the figure for South Carolina was 1,020. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest87Greenville County

Lowest1Saluda County

Median1846 counties

South Carolina1,020History

Map of counties, 2016

Under 5
5 to 9
9 to 18
18 to 24
24 to 37
37 and over

count, 2016. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2016

count. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Counties	2016 count	Change on 2015
1	Greenville County	87	+19.2%
2	Horry County	70	-13.6%
3	Richland County	69	+53.3%
4	Anderson County	57	+78.1%
5	Charleston County	54	-15.6%
5	Spartanburg County	54	-28%
7	Lexington County	43	-6.5%
8	Aiken County	37	+42.3%
9	York County	36	+100%
10	Berkeley County	34	-5.6%
11	Dorchester County	32	0%
12	Beaufort County	30	+76.5%
12	Orangeburg County	30	-3.2%
14	Florence County	29	-23.7%
15	Jasper County	25	+66.7%
16	Colleton County	24	+14.3%
16	Darlington County	24	-4%
18	Clarendon County	21	+23.5%
18	Laurens County	21	-4.5%
20	Sumter County	20	0%
21	Pickens County	19	+18.8%
22	Chester County	18	+5.9%
22	Kershaw County	18	0%
24	Williamsburg County	17	+112.5%
25	Lancaster County	14	-6.7%
26	Greenwood County	12	+9.1%
27	Dillon County	11	+57.1%
27	Oconee County	11	-15.4%
29	Calhoun County	10	0%
29	Fairfield County	10	+42.9%
31	Chesterfield County	9	-43.8%
31	Marion County	9	-18.2%
31	Marlboro County	9	0%
34	Bamberg County	7	+75%
34	Union County	7	+16.7%
36	Georgetown County	6	-66.7%
36	Newberry County	6	-14.3%
38	Barnwell County	5	0%
38	Cherokee County	5	-70.6%
38	Lee County	5	-37.5%
41	Abbeville County	4	-33.3%
41	McCormick County	4	+33.3%
43	Edgefield County	3	+50%
44	Allendale County	2	-50%
45	Hampton County	1	-85.7%
45	Saluda County	1	n/a

Other periods

About this ranking

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.

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. (2026). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash (Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip

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Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities, 2016. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2026. Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2016.

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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (2026) Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash, Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{National Highway Traffic Safety Administration}},
  title = {{Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash: Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities, 2016}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2016. Publisher attribution: 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) by county of the crash. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2016/National/FARS2016NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Greenville County, with 87 in 2016, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Saluda County, with 1 in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), national CSV files: people killed (sum of FATALS in accident.csv) by county of the crash. Retrieved 2026-10-12.