South Carolina

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,046	1,094	1,045	1,077	920
Rural	887	970	904	966	877
Urban	159	124	141	111	43
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.11	2.21	2.08	2.11
Rural	2.76	3.96	3.64	3.81
Urban	0.91	0.50	0.56	0.43
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	826	843	771	800	658
Restrained	216	251	261	247	215
Unrestrained	579	548	457	492	411
Unknown	31	44	53	61	32
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	368	436	419	464	403
Speeding-Related Fatalities	463	481	419	454	351
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	88	106	110	131	123
Helmeted	16	26	28	31	29
Unhelmeted	72	78	82	96	91
Unknown	0	2	0	4	3
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,349	1,422	1,399	1,412	1,163
Aged Under 15	0	3	0	2	4
Aged 15-20	164	164	164	168	138
Aged Under 21	164	167	164	170	142
Aged 21 and Over	1,178	1,239	1,214	1,220	1,004
Unknown Age	7	16	21	22	17
Pedestrian Fatalities	86	98	128	108	100

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	South Carolina	1,046	49,551	2.11	4,196,799	24.92
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	South Carolina	1,094	49,434	2.21	4,249,385	25.74
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	South Carolina	1,045	50,199	2.08	4,324,799	24.16
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	South Carolina	1,077	51,109	2.11	4,404,914	24.45
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	South Carolina	920			4,479,800	20.54
US	37,261	2,925,503	1.27	304,059,724	12.25
Best State*					5.59

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
2004	South Carolina	1,046	463	44	410	39	0.83
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	South Carolina	1,094	555	51	476	44	0.96
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	South Carolina	1,045	534	51	467	45	0.93
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	South Carolina	1,077	582	54	517	48	1.01
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	South Carolina	920	512	56	453	49
US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
Best State*			21		16

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
2004	South Carolina	1,046	368	35	0.74
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	South Carolina	1,094	436	40	0.88
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	South Carolina	1,045	419	40	0.83
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	South Carolina	1,077	464	43	0.91
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	South Carolina	920	403	44
US	37,261	11,773	32	0.40
Best State*			16

Year	Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
2004	South Carolina	648	521	80	701	563	80	1,349	1,084	80
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	South Carolina	702	25	4	720	499	69	1,422	524	37
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	South Carolina	707	39	6	692	498	72	1,399	537	38
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	South Carolina	708	50	7	704	516	73	1,412	566	40
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	South Carolina	547	37	7	616	460	75	1,163	497	43
US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
Best State*			80			95			84

Year	Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
2004	South Carolina	39	66
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	South Carolina	43	70
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	South Carolina	48	73
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	South Carolina	47	75
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	South Carolina	50	79
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	815	214	570	31	27	257	220
2005	824	241	540	43	31	296	207
2006	756	255	450	51	36	309	195
2007	784	240	483	61	33	313	200
2008	651	212	409	30	34	254	132

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	8	2	6	0	25	3
2005	13	9	4	0	69	13
2006	7	2	5	0	29	2
2007	11	7	4	0	64	7
2008	5	3	1	1	75	4

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	88	16	72	0	18	9	27
2005	106	26	78	2	25	16	29
2006	110	28	82	0	25	17	30
2007	131	31	96	4	24	19	37
2008	123	29	91	3	24	17	35

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	475	45	506	46	456	44	415	39	369	40
Light Truck - Pickup	156	15	152	14	115	11	191	18	138	15
Light Truck - Utility	154	15	130	12	151	14	155	14	110	12
Light Truck - Van	41	4	55	5	49	5	39	4	41	4
Large Truck	13	1	21	2	12	1	11	1	19	2
Bus	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	5	0	8	1	8	1	5	0	5	1
Total Occupants	850	81	874	80	791	76	816	76	683	74
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	88	8	106	10	110	11	131	12	123	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	86	8	98	9	128	12	108	10	100	11
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	22	2	16	1	16	2	21	2	14	2
��Total Nonoccupants	108	10	114	10	144	14	130	12	114	12
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	Total	1,046	100	1,094	100	1,045	100	1,077	100	920	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,046	1,094	1,045	1,077	920
- (1) Single Vehicle	629	634	630	678	594
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	110	124	95	91	85
- (3) Involving Speeding	463	481	419	454	351
- (4) Involving a Rollover	317	316	287	337	228
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	607	650	602	679	556
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	184	235	201	158	150

Year	Age	Total
2004	2	25	19	23	13	6	88
2005	7	17	25	32	19	6	106
2006	4	23	25	32	20	6	110
2007	3	28	25	36	29	10	131
2008	10	29	18	35	22	9	123

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	88	60,029	146.6
2005	106	63,022	168.2
2006	110	87,769	125.3
2007	131	95,011	137.9
2008	123

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	39	63	60	62
White Non-Hispanic	602	644	566	624
Black, Non-Hispanic	290	266	267	258
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	2	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	7	5	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	0	1	0
Total	938	980	901	947
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	9	12	13	10
White Non-Hispanic	51	55	67	69
Black, Non-Hispanic	48	44	63	51
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	3	0	0
Total	108	114	144	130
Total	Hispanic	48	75	73	72
White Non-Hispanic	653	699	633	693
Black, Non-Hispanic	338	310	330	309
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	3	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	10	5	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	0	1	0
Total	1,046	1,094	1,045	1,077

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Greenville County	65	88	80	88	70	6	8	8	8	8
2	Charleston County	66	44	61	67	61	6	4	6	6	7
3	Lexington County	46	37	52	42	60	4	3	5	4	7
4	Horry County	64	64	66	88	48	6	6	6	8	5
5	Spartanburg County	49	55	55	56	46	5	5	5	5	5
6	Florence County	43	34	42	28	43	4	3	4	3	5
7	Richland County	55	60	56	49	43	5	5	5	5	5
8	Berkeley County	33	53	46	30	40	3	5	4	3	4
9	York County	33	32	27	28	31	3	3	3	3	3
10	Aiken County	39	23	31	45	30	4	2	3	4	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	523	529	555	560	472	50	48	53	52	51
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	523	565	490	517	448	50	52	47	48	49
Total	All Counties	1,046	1,094	1,045	1,077	920	100	100	100	100	100

1

Greenville County

65

88

80

88

70

6

8

2

Charleston County

66

44

61

67

61

6

4

6

7

3

Lexington County

46

37

52

42

60

4

3

5

4

7

4

Horry County

64

66

88

48

6

8

5

Spartanburg County

49

55

56

46

5

6

Florence County

43

34

42

28

43

4

3

4

3

5

7

Richland County

55

60

56

49

43

5

8

Berkeley County

33

53

46

30

40

3

5

4

3

4

9

York County

33

32

27

28

31

3

10

Aiken County

39

23

31

45

30

4

2

3

4

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

523

529

555

560

472

50

48

53

52

51

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

523

565

490

517

448

50

52

47

48

49

Total

All Counties

1,046

1,094

1,045

1,077

920

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Jasper County	105.23	151.50	107.03	82.19	62.70
2	Allendale County	18.50	9.32	37.93	9.57	57.43
3	Colleton County	87.51	66.79	30.89	61.67	53.82
4	Fairfield County	71.07	80.25	12.71	81.60	46.94
5	Chester County	39.11	48.65	21.44	39.91	42.92
6	Chesterfield County	42.17	39.82	39.90	16.37	41.98
7	Barnwell County	43.39	47.74	4.36	43.55	39.35
8	Clarendon County	45.82	55.01	85.52	36.72	39.22
9	Marion County	28.86	34.88	38.18	44.28	38.41
10	Saluda County	37.72	42.86	37.41	5.35	37.58
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	62.75	63.57	61.13	53.70	45.13
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	21.83	22.51	20.89	22.04	18.90
Total Rate	All Counties	24.92	25.74	24.16	24.45	20.54

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+		BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2004	South Carolina	1,046	463	44	410	39	0.83
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	South Carolina	1,094	555	51	476	44	0.96
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	South Carolina	1,045	534	51	467	45	0.93
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	South Carolina	1,077	582	54	517	48	1.01
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	South Carolina	920	512	56	453	49
	US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
	Best State*			21		16

Year		Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS
		Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent
2004	South Carolina	648	521	80	701	563	80	1,349	1,084	80
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	South Carolina	702	25	4	720	499	69	1,422	524	37
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	South Carolina	707	39	6	692	498	72	1,399	537	38
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	South Carolina	708	50	7	704	516	73	1,412	566	40
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	South Carolina	547	37	7	616	460	75	1,163	497	43
	US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
	Best State*			80			95			84

Person Type		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	475	45	506	46	456	44	415	39	369	40
	Light Truck - Pickup	156	15	152	14	115	11	191	18	138	15
	Light Truck - Utility	154	15	130	12	151	14	155	14	110	12
	Light Truck - Van	41	4	55	5	49	5	39	4	41	4
	Large Truck	13	1	21	2	12	1	11	1	19	2
	Bus	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	5	0	8	1	8	1	5	0	5	1
	Total Occupants	850	81	874	80	791	76	816	76	683	74
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	88	8	106	10	110	11	131	12	123	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	86	8	98	9	128	12	108	10	100	11
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	22	2	16	1	16	2	21	2	14	2
	��Total Nonoccupants	108	10	114	10	144	14	130	12	114	12
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	Total	1,046	100	1,094	100	1,045	100	1,077	100	920	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	2	25	19	23	13	6	88
2005	7	17	25	32	19	6	106
2006	4	23	25	32	20	6	110
2007	3	28	25	36	29	10	131
2008	10	29	18	35	22	9	123