Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities

Greenville County had the highest traffic fatalities of 46 counties in 2022, at 103. Barnwell County had the lowest, at 1. The median was 17 and the figure for South Carolina was 1,094. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Median1746 counties
South Carolina1,094History

All counties, 2022

Greenville County: 103 countGreenville County103Horry County: 80 countHorry County80Richland County: 67 countRichland County67Charleston County: 64 countCharleston County64Spartanburg County: 59 countSpartanburg County59Berkeley County: 49 countBerkeley County49Orangeburg County: 47 countOrangeburg County47Anderson County: 45 countAnderson County45Lexington County: 43 countLexington County43Florence County: 39 countFlorence County39Sumter County: 30 countSumter County30Aiken County: 29 countAiken County29York County: 28 countYork County28Colleton County: 24 countColleton County24Laurens County: 24 countLaurens County24Jasper County: 23 countJasper County23Beaufort County: 22 countBeaufort County22Chester County: 20 countChester County20Dorchester County: 20 countDorchester County20Darlington County: 19 countDarlington County19Georgetown County: 18 countGeorgetown County18Pickens County: 18 countPickens County18Kershaw County: 17 countKershaw County17Cherokee County: 16 countCherokee County16Oconee County: 16 countOconee County16Clarendon County: 15 countClarendon County15Lancaster County: 15 countLancaster County15Chesterfield County: 14 countChesterfield County14Greenwood County: 13 countGreenwood County13Marlboro County: 13 countMarlboro County13Lee County: 11 countLee County11Dillon County: 10 countDillon County10Hampton County: 10 countHampton County10Newberry County: 10 countNewberry County10Fairfield County: 9 countFairfield County9Union County: 9 countUnion County9Williamsburg County: 9 countWilliamsburg County9Edgefield County: 8 countEdgefield County8Abbeville County: 7 countAbbeville County7Marion County: 6 countMarion County6Calhoun County: 4 countCalhoun County4McCormick County: 4 countMcCormick County4Allendale County: 2 countAllendale County2Bamberg County: 2 countBamberg County2Saluda County: 2 countSaluda County2Barnwell County: 1 countBarnwell County1
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.

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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/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.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, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.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, 2022. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2022. 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, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2022.

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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, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2022/National/FARS2022NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Greenville County, with 103 in 2022, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

Barnwell County, with 1 in 2022.

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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.

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