Aiken County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 29 deaths in 27 fatal crashes in Aiken County in 2024.

FARS records 321 deaths in 303 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.8 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of South Carolina in the same years is 20.3.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Aiken County was number 12 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Aiken County rose by 10.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (290) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (321).

In the counties of South Carolina the deaths rose by 14.8% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, a speeding-related driver was recorded in 47.2% of fatal crashes in Aiken County and 40.2% in South Carolina.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Aiken County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Aiken County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	29	27	7
2023	38	37	16
2022	29	28	10
2021	36	35	10
2020	32	30	4
2019	30	28	10
2018	25	25	5
2017	39	32	4
2016	37	35	13
2015	26	26	12
2015 to 2024	321	303	91

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Aiken County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 49 (1998)2024: 29

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Aiken County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	29	27
2023	38	37
2022	29	28
2021	36	35
2020	32	30
2019	30	28
2018	25	25
2017	39	32
2016	37	35
2015	26	26
2014	23	22
2013	25	22
2012	20	19
2011	29	26
2010	31	28
2009	33	28
2008	30	29
2007	45	42
2006	31	29
2005	23	20
2004	39	33
2003	29	28
2002	32	28
2001	48	43
2000	20	19
1999	38	31
1998	49	41
1997	22	20
1996	39	30
1995	24	21
1994	33	29
1993	28	28
1992	28	24
1991	32	29
1990	46	43
1989	35	30
1988	44	35
1987	33	32
1986	27	26
1985	27	25
1984	23	21
1983	22	20
1982	31	26
1981	25	22
1980	16	14
1979	29	25
1978	35	31
1977	35	31
1976	29	28
1975	31	27

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Aiken County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Aiken County	South Carolina	United States
2024	16.3	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.8	20.3	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Aiken County had 178,363 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Aiken County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 303 fatal crashes	91	303 fatal crashes	30.0%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 303 fatal crashes	143	303 fatal crashes	47.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 209 occupant deaths with restraint use known	105	209 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.2%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 321 deaths	44	321 deaths	13.7%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 321 deaths	10	321 deaths	3.1%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 321 deaths	52	321 deaths	16.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 303 fatal crashes with the condition reported	167	303 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	55.1%	58.5%
In the darkof 303 fatal crashes with the condition reported	146	303 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.2%	51.8%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Aiken County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	13	10	12	12	47
Monday	7	5	6	13	31
Tuesday	7	5	9	9	30
Wednesday	6	8	13	10	37
Thursday	6	9	15	9	39
Friday	12	15	10	17	54
Saturday	14	11	15	25	65
All days	65	63	80	95	303

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Aiken County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	36	11.9%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.7%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	81	26.7%	31.5%
Minor arterial	115	38.0%	33.9%
Major collector	43	14.2%	11.5%
Minor collector	4	1.3%	1.4%
Local	22	7.3%	9.4%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Aiken County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	144
Dark, not lighted	107
Dark, lighted	34
Dawn	8
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Aiken County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	257
Cloudy	14
Rain	27
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Aiken County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Aiken	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 20	Interstate	36	162
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 4	State highway	8	24
State Route 5	State highway	3	45
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route 19	State highway	22	55
State Route 21	State highway	4	40
State Route 28	State highway	3	65
State Route 29	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 33	State highway	6	34
State Route 39	State highway	5	34
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 54	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 57	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 65	State highway	6	22
State Route 81	State highway	4	48
State Route 125	State highway	10	20
State Route 146	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 183	State highway	1 or 2	41
State Route 302	State highway	11	32
US Route 1	US highway	30	135
US Route 25	US highway	7	171
US Route 78	US highway	11	66
US Route 278	US highway	10	86

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in South Carolina

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Aiken County on the county map of South Carolina

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 100 counties
10 to 14.93 counties
15 to 19.913 counties
20 to 29.913 counties
30 or more17 counties
Aiken County: 18.8

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of South Carolina

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Aiken County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Burke County	Georgia	5	77	32.8
Richmond County	Georgia	43	328	16.1
Barnwell County	South Carolina	8	47	22.4
Edgefield County	South Carolina	6	52	19.1
Lexington County	South Carolina	54	501	16.8
Orangeburg County	South Carolina	48	387	45.3
Saluda County	South Carolina	8	42	21.3

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of South Carolina have a population nearest to that of Aiken County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Governors Highway Safety Association: State Highway Safety OfficesThe list of the highway safety offices of the states.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Aiken in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 290 deaths in Aiken County from 2005 to 2014. It records 321 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Aiken in 2024?

The rate of Aiken County in 2024 was 16.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of South Carolina was 18.9. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Aiken had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 91 of 303 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Aiken?

25 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 188 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.