Darlington County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 22 deaths in 17 fatal crashes in Darlington County in 2024.

FARS records 213 deaths in 194 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 32.8 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, Darlington County was number 18 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Darlington County rose by 14.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (186) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (213).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 76.3% of the fatal crashes in Darlington 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 Darlington 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.Darlington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	22	17	4
2023	27	25	4
2022	19	16	10
2021	23	23	8
2020	14	14	5
2019	25	23	4
2018	19	16	4
2017	15	15	5
2016	24	22	10
2015	25	23	9
2015 to 2024	213	194	63

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 42 (1989)2024: 22

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

Table 2.Darlington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	22	17
2023	27	25
2022	19	16
2021	23	23
2020	14	14
2019	25	23
2018	19	16
2017	15	15
2016	24	22
2015	25	23
2014	13	11
2013	18	18
2012	16	13
2011	16	14
2010	12	11
2009	21	17
2008	22	20
2007	23	20
2006	28	25
2005	17	15
2004	23	20
2003	27	24
2002	30	28
2001	27	22
2000	27	25
1999	26	23
1998	26	21
1997	21	19
1996	26	22
1995	25	24
1994	24	19
1993	19	18
1992	14	12
1991	24	24
1990	16	15
1989	42	36
1988	22	22
1987	23	22
1986	31	28
1985	12	10
1984	37	28
1983	23	19
1982	19	17
1981	18	18
1980	16	16
1979	24	24
1978	24	22
1977	28	25
1976	26	22
1975	20	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.Darlington County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Darlington County	South Carolina	United States
2024	35.1	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	32.8	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. Darlington County had 62,683 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Darlington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 194 fatal crashes	63	194 fatal crashes	32.5%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 194 fatal crashes	93	194 fatal crashes	47.9%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 148 occupant deaths with restraint use known	80	148 occupant deathswith restraint use known	54.1%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 213 deaths	27	213 deaths	12.7%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 213 deaths	7	213 deaths	3.3%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 213 deaths	26	213 deaths	12.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 194 fatal crashes with the condition reported	148	194 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	76.3%	58.5%
In the darkof 194 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	194 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.6%	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.Darlington 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	1 or 2	9	7	28
Monday	7	1 or 2	10	10	29
Tuesday	1 or 2	10	6	9	27
Wednesday	3	3	6	5	17
Thursday	1 or 2	5	7	8	22
Friday	3	5	10	11	29
Saturday	8	9	5	20	42
All days	35	36	53	70	194

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.Darlington County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	12	6.2%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	3	1.5%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	47	24.2%	31.5%
Minor arterial	66	34.0%	33.9%
Major collector	36	18.6%	11.5%
Minor collector	4	2.1%	1.4%
Local	26	13.4%	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.Darlington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	75
Dark, not lighted	95
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	4
Dusk	9
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Darlington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	158
Cloudy	16
Rain	18
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Darlington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Darlington	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 20	Interstate	11	162
Interstate 95	Interstate	1 or 2	229
State Route 13	State highway	6	43
State Route 14	State highway	6	53
State Route 16	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 18	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 19	State highway	6	55
State Route 20	State highway	8	74
State Route 21	State highway	4	40
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 24	State highway	3	50
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 34	State highway	6	98
State Route 35	State highway	5	25
State Route 41	State highway	1 or 2	68
State Route 42	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 44	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 49	State highway	3	55
State Route 51	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 52	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 65	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 151	State highway	12	28
US Route 15	US highway	18	99
US Route 52	US highway	15	180

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.Darlington 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
Darlington County: 32.8

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 Darlington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Chesterfield County	South Carolina	10	118	26.3
Florence County	South Carolina	28	349	25.3
Kershaw County	South Carolina	10	167	25.0
Lee County	South Carolina	4	64	38.2
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 Darlington 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 Darlington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 186 deaths in Darlington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 213 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Darlington in 2024?

The rate of Darlington County in 2024 was 35.1 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 Darlington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 63 of 194 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 Darlington?

26 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 121 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.