Dillon County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 11 fatal crashes in Dillon County in 2024.

FARS records 112 deaths in 100 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 38.3 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, Dillon County was number 32 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Dillon County fell by 4.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (117) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (112).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 82.0% of the fatal crashes in Dillon 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 Dillon 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.Dillon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	11	1 or 2
2023	12	9	0
2022	10	10	1 or 2
2021	17	16	0
2020	13	13	1 or 2
2019	8	7	0
2018	11	9	1 or 2
2017	9	7	1 or 2
2016	11	11	5
2015	7	7	3
2015 to 2024	112	100	16

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 24 (1989)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Dillon County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	11
2023	12	9
2022	10	10
2021	17	16
2020	13	13
2019	8	7
2018	11	9
2017	9	7
2016	11	11
2015	7	7
2014	14	11
2013	7	6
2012	13	13
2011	12	12
2010	14	10
2009	7	6
2008	11	11
2007	12	10
2006	13	10
2005	14	13
2004	15	15
2003	11	11
2002	16	14
2001	13	12
2000	14	11
1999	11	11
1998	11	10
1997	15	11
1996	14	12
1995	14	13
1994	8	8
1993	9	8
1992	8	8
1991	11	11
1990	14	14
1989	24	17
1988	7	7
1987	21	17
1986	19	18
1985	7	7
1984	11	11
1983	17	13
1982	5	5
1981	13	10
1980	12	11
1979	11	9
1978	11	10
1977	13	11
1976	7	5
1975	7	7

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.Dillon County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Dillon County	South Carolina	United States
2024	50.8	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	38.3	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. Dillon County had 27,581 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Dillon County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 100 fatal crashes	16	100 fatal crashes	16.0%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 100 fatal crashes	51	100 fatal crashes	51.0%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 81 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	81 occupant deathswith restraint use known	48.1%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 112 deaths	18	112 deaths	16.1%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 112 deaths	1 or 2	112 deaths	1.8%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 112 deaths	5	112 deaths	4.5%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	82	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	82.0%	58.5%
In the darkof 100 fatal crashes with the condition reported	48	100 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.0%	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.Dillon 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	5	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	12
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	6	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	5	8
Wednesday	1 or 2	6	4	5	16
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	4	14
Friday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7	14
Saturday	4	5	5	9	23
All days	17	20	24	39	100

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.Dillon County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	27	27.0%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	20	20.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	31	31.0%	33.9%
Major collector	11	11.0%	11.5%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.4%
Local	11	11.0%	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.Dillon County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	4
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Dillon County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	80
Cloudy	9
Rain	8
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 Dillon County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Dillon	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 77	Interstate	1 or 2	139
Interstate 95	Interstate	26	229
State Route 9	State highway	5	150
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 30	State highway	4	25
State Route 34	State highway	3	98
State Route 38	State highway	7	40
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 40	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 42	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 44	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 57	State highway	7	36
State Route 61	State highway	3	68
State Route 72	State highway	1 or 2	68
US Route 301	US highway	15	85
US Route 501	US highway	1 or 2	95

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.Dillon 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
Dillon County: 38.3

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 Dillon County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Robeson County	North Carolina	46	531	42.5
Florence County	South Carolina	28	349	25.3
Horry County	South Carolina	58	714	19.9
Marion County	South Carolina	14	101	33.7
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 Dillon 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 Dillon in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 117 deaths in Dillon County from 2005 to 2014. It records 112 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Dillon in 2024?

The rate of Dillon County in 2024 was 50.8 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 Dillon had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 16 of 100 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 Dillon?

18 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 83 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.