Chesterfield County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 10 deaths in 10 fatal crashes in Chesterfield County in 2024.

FARS records 118 deaths in 115 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 26.3 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, Chesterfield County was number 29 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Chesterfield County rose by 1.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (116) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (118).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 93.9% of the fatal crashes in Chesterfield County with a known setting were rural, against 58.5% 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 Chesterfield 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.Chesterfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	10	10	3
2023	8	8	1 or 2
2022	14	13	3
2021	9	8	3
2020	12	11	1 or 2
2019	16	16	6
2018	12	12	3
2017	12	12	5
2016	9	9	3
2015	16	16	8
2015 to 2024	118	115	38

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 21 (2003)2024: 10

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

Table 2.Chesterfield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	10	10
2023	8	8
2022	14	13
2021	9	8
2020	12	11
2019	16	16
2018	12	12
2017	12	12
2016	9	9
2015	16	16
2014	3	3
2013	12	10
2012	9	9
2011	8	7
2010	13	13
2009	12	12
2008	18	17
2007	7	7
2006	17	16
2005	17	16
2004	18	17
2003	21	20
2002	19	19
2001	12	12
2000	15	12
1999	18	17
1998	17	15
1997	16	15
1996	13	12
1995	18	16
1994	16	16
1993	15	14
1992	6	6
1991	16	13
1990	10	10
1989	18	15
1988	9	9
1987	17	17
1986	15	13
1985	5	5
1984	18	12
1983	10	10
1982	9	7
1981	16	15
1980	19	15
1979	20	16
1978	7	6
1977	16	16
1976	17	14
1975	10	10

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.Chesterfield County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Chesterfield County	South Carolina	United States
2024	22.5	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	26.3	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. Chesterfield County had 44,440 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Chesterfield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 115 fatal crashes	38	115 fatal crashes	33.0%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 115 fatal crashes	49	115 fatal crashes	42.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	53	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.2%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 118 deaths	12	118 deaths	10.2%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 118 deaths	1 or 2	118 deaths	1.7%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 118 deaths	9	118 deaths	7.6%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 115 fatal crashes with the condition reported	108	115 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	93.9%	58.5%
In the darkof 114 fatal crashes with the condition reported	54	114 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.4%	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.Chesterfield 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	8	1 or 2	0	4	13
Monday	4	4	1 or 2	5	15
Tuesday	1 or 2	7	6	5	20
Wednesday	1 or 2	8	3	5	17
Thursday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	6
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	6	9	19
Saturday	11	1 or 2	7	5	25
All days	28	25	26	36	115

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.Chesterfield County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	0	0.0%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.9%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	43	37.4%	31.5%
Minor arterial	43	37.4%	33.9%
Major collector	14	12.2%	11.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.7%	1.4%
Local	12	10.4%	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.Chesterfield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	52
Dark, not lighted	43
Dark, lighted	5
Dawn	5
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	6
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Chesterfield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	97
Cloudy	4
Rain	9
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Chesterfield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Chesterfield	In all of South Carolina
State Route 9	State highway	15	150
State Route 22	State highway	6	50
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 29	State highway	3	44
State Route 33	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 43	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	55
State Route 151	State highway	12	28
State Route 161	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 555	State highway	1 or 2	27
US Route 1	US highway	6	135
US Route 52	US highway	10	180
US Route 601	US highway	10	49

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.Chesterfield 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
Chesterfield County: 26.3

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 Chesterfield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Anson County	North Carolina	13	61	26.2
Union County	North Carolina	24	232	9.6
Darlington County	South Carolina	22	213	32.8
Kershaw County	South Carolina	10	167	25.0
Lancaster County	South Carolina	20	167	17.0
Marlboro County	South Carolina	9	103	39.1

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 Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 116 deaths in Chesterfield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 118 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Chesterfield in 2024?

The rate of Chesterfield County in 2024 was 22.5 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 Chesterfield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 38 of 115 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 Chesterfield?

16 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 76 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.