Edgefield County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 6 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Edgefield County in 2024.

FARS records 52 deaths in 50 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.1 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, Edgefield County was number 40 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Edgefield County fell by 1.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (53) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (52).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 94.0% of the fatal crashes in Edgefield 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 Edgefield County by year, 2015 to 2024

1 or 2

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.Edgefield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	6	5	1 or 2
2023	4	4	1 or 2
2022	8	8	1 or 2
2021	4	4	1 or 2
2020	8	7	3
2019	4	4	0
2018	9	9	3
2017	4	4	1 or 2
2016	3	3	1 or 2
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2	0
2015 to 2024	52	50	14

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 13 (1988)2024: 6

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

Table 2.Edgefield County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	6	5
2023	4	4
2022	8	8
2021	4	4
2020	8	7
2019	4	4
2018	9	9
2017	4	4
2016	3	3
2015	1 or 2	1 or 2
2014	3	3
2013	0	0
2012	5	5
2011	11	10
2010	5	5
2009	3	3
2008	7	7
2007	6	6
2006	7	6
2005	6	4
2004	6	6
2003	5	4
2002	5	5
2001	12	11
2000	4	4
1999	8	8
1998	8	8
1997	5	5
1996	8	7
1995	4	4
1994	9	7
1993	7	5
1992	5	4
1991	10	7
1990	8	8
1989	7	4
1988	13	12
1987	8	8
1986	12	12
1985	3	3
1984	3	3
1983	4	3
1982	8	7
1981	6	5
1980	9	8
1979	10	10
1978	8	8
1977	5	5
1976	8	7
1975	10	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.Edgefield County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Edgefield County	South Carolina	United States
2024	20.5	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.1	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. Edgefield County had 29,247 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Edgefield County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 50 fatal crashes	14	50 fatal crashes	28.0%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 50 fatal crashes	24	50 fatal crashes	48.0%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 37 occupant deaths with restraint use known	23	37 occupant deathswith restraint use known	62.2%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 52 deaths	6	52 deaths	11.5%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 52 deaths	1 or 2	52 deaths	1.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 52 deaths	3	52 deaths	5.8%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 50 fatal crashes with the condition reported	47	50 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	94.0%	58.5%
In the darkof 50 fatal crashes with the condition reported	23	50 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.0%	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.Edgefield 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	3	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	8
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	6
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	8
Wednesday	0	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	3
Thursday	0	0	1 or 2	0	1 or 2
Friday	0	1 or 2	3	5	10
Saturday	1 or 2	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	14
All days	8	7	15	20	50

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.Edgefield 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	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	16	32.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	19	38.0%	33.9%
Major collector	11	22.0%	11.5%
Minor collector	0	0.0%	1.4%
Local	4	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.Edgefield County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	24
Dark, not lighted	20
Dark, lighted	1 or 2
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Edgefield County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	41
Cloudy	1 or 2
Rain	7
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 Edgefield County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Edgefield	In all of South Carolina
State Route 18	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 19	State highway	4	55
State Route 21	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 23	State highway	4	26
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	98
State Route 40	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 51	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 57	State highway	1 or 2	36
US Route 25	US highway	6	171
US Route 378	US highway	1 or 2	90

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.Edgefield 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
Edgefield County: 19.1

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 Edgefield County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Columbia County	Georgia	5	116	7.4
Richmond County	Georgia	43	328	16.1
Aiken County	South Carolina	29	321	18.8
Greenwood County	South Carolina	5	124	17.7
McCormick County	South Carolina	4	32	33.2
Saluda County	South Carolina	8	42	21.3

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 Edgefield 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

Fatal Roads. Edgefield County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics. https://fatalroads.com/county/sc/edgefield/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

The address of this page does not change.

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.

How the figures are made. Data sources and licences. Corrections.

Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Edgefield in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 53 deaths in Edgefield County from 2005 to 2014. It records 52 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Edgefield in 2024?

The rate of Edgefield County in 2024 was 20.5 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 Edgefield had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 14 of 50 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 Edgefield?

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