Counties in South Carolina by traffic fatalities

Spartanburg County had the highest traffic fatalities of 46 counties in 2023, at 84. McCormick County had the lowest, at 1. The median was 15 and the figure for South Carolina was 1,047. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Highest84Spartanburg County

Lowest1McCormick County

Median1546 counties

South Carolina1,047History

All counties, 2023

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	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Spartanburg County	84	+42.4%
2	Charleston County	75	+17.2%
2	Greenville County	75	-27.2%
4	Horry County	66	-17.5%
5	Berkeley County	61	+24.5%
6	Richland County	60	-10.4%
7	Lexington County	47	+9.3%
8	Aiken County	38	+31%
9	Orangeburg County	37	-21.3%
10	Florence County	30	-23.1%
10	Sumter County	30	0%
10	York County	30	+7.1%
13	Anderson County	27	-40%
13	Darlington County	27	+42.1%
15	Laurens County	26	+8.3%
16	Beaufort County	21	-4.5%
16	Georgetown County	21	+16.7%
18	Jasper County	19	-17.4%
19	Pickens County	18	0%
20	Clarendon County	16	+6.7%
20	Colleton County	16	-33.3%
20	Greenwood County	16	+23.1%
23	Dorchester County	15	-25%
23	Fairfield County	15	+66.7%
23	Lancaster County	15	0%
26	Cherokee County	14	-12.5%
27	Marion County	13	+116.7%
27	Oconee County	13	-18.8%
29	Dillon County	12	+20%
30	Chester County	11	-45%
30	Kershaw County	11	-35.3%
32	Marlboro County	10	-23.1%
33	Newberry County	9	-10%
34	Chesterfield County	8	-42.9%
34	Williamsburg County	8	-11.1%
36	Calhoun County	7	+75%
36	Union County	7	-22.2%
38	Bamberg County	6	+200%
38	Saluda County	6	+200%
40	Abbeville County	5	-28.6%
40	Barnwell County	5	+400%
40	Hampton County	5	-50%
40	Lee County	5	-54.5%
44	Edgefield County	4	-50%
45	Allendale County	2	0%
46	McCormick County	1	-75%

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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.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, 2023. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 24 June 2026, https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2023. 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, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2023.

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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, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://static.nhtsa.gov/nhtsa/downloads/FARS/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2023 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatalities/south-carolina-counties?period=2023. 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/2023/National/FARS2023NationalCSV.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
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Which county has the highest traffic fatalities?

Spartanburg County, with 84 in 2023, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Which county has the lowest traffic fatalities?

McCormick County, with 1 in 2023.

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.