Clarendon County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Clarendon County in 2024.

FARS records 146 deaths in 137 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 44.9 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, Clarendon County was number 25 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Clarendon County fell by 3.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (152) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (146).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 98.5% of the fatal crashes in Clarendon 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 Clarendon 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.Clarendon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	3
2023	16	15	1 or 2
2022	15	12	4
2021	10	10	1 or 2
2020	9	9	3
2019	15	13	6
2018	15	14	4
2017	19	18	4
2016	21	20	5
2015	17	17	6
2015 to 2024	146	137	39

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 28 (2006)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Clarendon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	16	15
2022	15	12
2021	10	10
2020	9	9
2019	15	13
2018	15	14
2017	19	18
2016	21	20
2015	17	17
2014	10	8
2013	11	11
2012	12	12
2011	15	11
2010	12	9
2009	21	18
2008	13	12
2007	12	12
2006	28	25
2005	18	18
2004	15	14
2003	15	14
2002	20	17
2001	18	15
2000	20	16
1999	14	11
1998	15	14
1997	13	11
1996	19	18
1995	26	21
1994	4	4
1993	4	4
1992	16	15
1991	16	14
1990	13	10
1989	19	14
1988	14	12
1987	14	11
1986	26	19
1985	10	10
1984	4	4
1983	9	8
1982	9	9
1981	8	7
1980	6	6
1979	10	8
1978	11	10
1977	12	8
1976	7	7
1975	15	13

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.Clarendon County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clarendon County	South Carolina	United States
2024	29.0	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	44.9	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. Clarendon County had 31,053 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clarendon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 137 fatal crashes	39	137 fatal crashes	28.5%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 137 fatal crashes	73	137 fatal crashes	53.3%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 110 occupant deaths with restraint use known	57	110 occupant deathswith restraint use known	51.8%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 146 deaths	15	146 deaths	10.3%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 146 deaths	4	146 deaths	2.7%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 146 deaths	9	146 deaths	6.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 137 fatal crashes with the condition reported	135	137 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	98.5%	58.5%
In the darkof 137 fatal crashes with the condition reported	67	137 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.9%	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.Clarendon 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	10	0	4	8	22
Monday	6	4	7	1 or 2	19
Tuesday	0	3	4	3	10
Wednesday	1 or 2	5	1 or 2	3	11
Thursday	3	4	11	7	25
Friday	7	5	7	5	24
Saturday	4	5	5	12	26
All days	31	26	40	40	137

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.Clarendon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	43	31.4%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	28	20.4%	31.5%
Minor arterial	30	21.9%	33.9%
Major collector	23	16.8%	11.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	1.4%
Local	11	8.0%	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.Clarendon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	61
Dark, not lighted	56
Dark, lighted	6
Dawn	5
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Clarendon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	7
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clarendon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clarendon	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 95	Interstate	43	229
State Route 18	State highway	3	24
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	98
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 40	State highway	1 or 2	21
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 56	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 57	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 62	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 64	State highway	3	36
State Route 97	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 146	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 261	State highway	8	27
US Route 15	US highway	5	99
US Route 301	US highway	13	85
US Route 378	US highway	3	90
US Route 521	US highway	7	75

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.Clarendon 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
Clarendon County: 44.9

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 Clarendon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Berkeley County	South Carolina	37	410	17.7
Calhoun County	South Carolina	6	67	46.5
Florence County	South Carolina	28	349	25.3
Orangeburg County	South Carolina	48	387	45.3
Sumter County	South Carolina	23	234	22.1
Williamsburg County	South Carolina	9	114	37.0

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 Clarendon 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 Clarendon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 152 deaths in Clarendon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 146 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clarendon in 2024?

The rate of Clarendon County in 2024 was 29.0 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 Clarendon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 39 of 137 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 Clarendon?

22 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 105 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.