Anderson County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 45 deaths in 45 fatal crashes in Anderson County in 2024.

FARS records 435 deaths in 414 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 21.3 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, Anderson County was number 7 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Anderson County rose by 6.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (409) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (435).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 21.1% of the deaths in Anderson County and 15.4% 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 Anderson 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.Anderson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	45	45	15
2023	27	25	8
2022	45	42	14
2021	55	55	17
2020	48	47	17
2019	38	35	8
2018	44	42	7
2017	44	42	18
2016	57	51	11
2015	32	30	7
2015 to 2024	435	414	122

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 62 (2000)2024: 45

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

Table 2.Anderson County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	45	45
2023	27	25
2022	45	42
2021	55	55
2020	48	47
2019	38	35
2018	44	42
2017	44	42
2016	57	51
2015	32	30
2014	45	41
2013	33	31
2012	48	45
2011	43	37
2010	37	34
2009	36	35
2008	27	27
2007	49	45
2006	44	41
2005	47	44
2004	44	41
2003	34	33
2002	42	36
2001	51	47
2000	62	50
1999	52	43
1998	37	35
1997	34	31
1996	38	30
1995	43	37
1994	34	31
1993	39	37
1992	53	42
1991	44	39
1990	48	41
1989	38	37
1988	37	36
1987	56	48
1986	41	39
1985	43	31
1984	33	31
1983	39	36
1982	30	28
1981	34	31
1980	59	43
1979	42	34
1978	27	27
1977	25	22
1976	38	28
1975	33	32

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.Anderson County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Anderson County	South Carolina	United States
2024	20.7	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	21.3	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. Anderson County had 217,390 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Anderson County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 414 fatal crashes	122	414 fatal crashes	29.5%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 414 fatal crashes	153	414 fatal crashes	37.0%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 260 occupant deaths with restraint use known	132	260 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.8%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 435 deaths	62	435 deaths	14.3%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 435 deaths	7	435 deaths	1.6%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 435 deaths	92	435 deaths	21.1%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 414 fatal crashes with the condition reported	234	414 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.5%	58.5%
In the darkof 414 fatal crashes with the condition reported	208	414 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	50.2%	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.Anderson 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	24	5	15	19	63
Monday	8	9	22	13	52
Tuesday	9	11	17	11	48
Wednesday	10	7	12	22	51
Thursday	10	10	16	19	55
Friday	9	10	16	22	57
Saturday	15	21	16	36	88
All days	85	73	114	142	414

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.Anderson County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	37	8.9%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.5%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	120	29.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	145	35.0%	33.9%
Major collector	50	12.1%	11.5%
Minor collector	5	1.2%	1.4%
Local	55	13.3%	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.Anderson County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	182
Dark, not lighted	154
Dark, lighted	26
Dawn	7
Dusk	17
Dark, lighting unknown	28
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Anderson County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	352
Cloudy	21
Rain	34
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Anderson County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Anderson	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 85	Interstate	37	142
State Route 9	State highway	1 or 2	150
State Route 20	State highway	11	74
State Route 22	State highway	10	50
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 24	State highway	11	50
State Route 28	State highway	28	65
State Route 29	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 34	State highway	3	98
State Route 41	State highway	1 or 2	68
State Route 48	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	55
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 54	State highway	3	32
State Route 57	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 65	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 76	State highway	4	21
State Route 81	State highway	26	48
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 162	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 183	State highway	1 or 2	41
US Route 29	US highway	39	135
US Route 76	US highway	34	206
US Route 78	US highway	1 or 2	66
US Route 178	US highway	9	76

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.Anderson 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
Anderson County: 21.3

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 Anderson County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Elbert County	Georgia	8	50	25.6
Hart County	Georgia	1 or 2	57	21.6
Abbeville County	South Carolina	4	48	19.5
Greenville County	South Carolina	94	831	15.7
Oconee County	South Carolina	14	142	18.0
Pickens County	South Carolina	21	203	15.7

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 Anderson 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.

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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 Anderson in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 409 deaths in Anderson County from 2005 to 2014. It records 435 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Anderson in 2024?

The rate of Anderson County in 2024 was 20.7 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 Anderson had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 122 of 414 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 Anderson?

26 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 232 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.