Florence County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 28 deaths in 28 fatal crashes in Florence County in 2024.

FARS records 349 deaths in 315 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 25.3 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, Florence County was number 10 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Florence County rose by 11.5% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (313) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (349).

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

From 2015 to 2024, motorcyclists were 9.7% of the deaths in Florence County and 15.4% 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 Florence 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.Florence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	28	28	8
2023	30	28	5
2022	39	33	7
2021	41	40	13
2020	32	28	9
2019	37	31	12
2018	43	40	14
2017	32	29	13
2016	29	29	13
2015	38	29	6
2015 to 2024	349	315	100

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 46 (2001)2024: 28

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

Table 2.Florence County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	28	28
2023	30	28
2022	39	33
2021	41	40
2020	32	28
2019	37	31
2018	43	40
2017	32	29
2016	29	29
2015	38	29
2014	23	22
2013	31	30
2012	31	27
2011	21	20
2010	30	27
2009	30	29
2008	43	37
2007	28	28
2006	42	36
2005	34	29
2004	43	38
2003	38	37
2002	43	40
2001	46	39
2000	31	28
1999	41	36
1998	41	34
1997	43	36
1996	27	24
1995	33	29
1994	30	27
1993	38	33
1992	25	22
1991	36	30
1990	26	23
1989	30	28
1988	39	35
1987	38	33
1986	37	34
1985	34	29
1984	31	26
1983	28	26
1982	22	20
1981	21	19
1980	23	22
1979	41	38
1978	41	34
1977	35	30
1976	25	22
1975	26	23

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.Florence County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Florence County	South Carolina	United States
2024	20.2	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	25.3	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. Florence County had 138,317 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Florence County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 315 fatal crashes	100	315 fatal crashes	31.7%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 315 fatal crashes	129	315 fatal crashes	41.0%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 218 occupant deaths with restraint use known	124	218 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.9%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 349 deaths	67	349 deaths	19.2%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 349 deaths	12	349 deaths	3.4%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 349 deaths	34	349 deaths	9.7%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 315 fatal crashes with the condition reported	199	315 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	63.2%	58.5%
In the darkof 315 fatal crashes with the condition reported	173	315 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	54.9%	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.Florence 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	11	7	10	8	36
Monday	3	7	9	11	30
Tuesday	4	14	10	18	46
Wednesday	8	9	16	20	53
Thursday	6	3	14	15	38
Friday	8	8	16	27	59
Saturday	16	9	9	19	53
All days	56	57	84	118	315

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.Florence County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	33	10.5%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	4	1.3%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	90	28.6%	31.5%
Minor arterial	112	35.6%	33.9%
Major collector	34	10.8%	11.5%
Minor collector	7	2.2%	1.4%
Local	35	11.1%	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.Florence County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	125
Dark, not lighted	139
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	12
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	11
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Florence County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	258
Cloudy	21
Rain	34
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 Florence County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Florence	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 20	Interstate	3	162
Interstate 95	Interstate	29	229
State Route 12	State highway	4	31
State Route 13	State highway	7	43
State Route 24	State highway	9	50
State Route 29	State highway	5	44
State Route 31	State highway	1 or 2	54
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	98
State Route 35	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 36	State highway	5	23
State Route 38	State highway	3	40
State Route 40	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 41	State highway	1 or 2	68
State Route 45	State highway	3	31
State Route 46	State highway	3	34
State Route 51	State highway	13	36
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 55	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 56	State highway	3	34
State Route 57	State highway	12	36
State Route 72	State highway	5	68
State Route 76	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 107	State highway	6	29
US Route 52	US highway	37	180
US Route 76	US highway	25	206
US Route 278	US highway	1 or 2	86
US Route 301	US highway	12	85
US Route 378	US highway	15	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.Florence 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
Florence County: 25.3

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 Florence County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clarendon County	South Carolina	9	146	44.9
Darlington County	South Carolina	22	213	32.8
Dillon County	South Carolina	14	112	38.3
Lee County	South Carolina	4	64	38.2
Marion County	South Carolina	14	101	33.7
Marlboro County	South Carolina	9	103	39.1
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 Florence 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 Florence in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 313 deaths in Florence County from 2005 to 2014. It records 349 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Florence in 2024?

The rate of Florence County in 2024 was 20.2 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 Florence had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 100 of 315 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 Florence?

28 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 212 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.