Georgetown County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 20 deaths in 19 fatal crashes in Georgetown County in 2024.

FARS records 150 deaths in 141 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 23.6 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, Georgetown County was number 24 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Georgetown County rose by 6.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (141) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (150).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 75.9% of the fatal crashes in Georgetown 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 Georgetown 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.Georgetown County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	20	19	3
2023	21	20	4
2022	18	16	1 or 2
2021	13	11	1 or 2
2020	12	11	3
2019	11	10	1 or 2
2018	16	16	3
2017	15	15	1 or 2
2016	6	6	1 or 2
2015	18	17	3
2015 to 2024	150	141	23

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (1999)2024: 20

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

Table 2.Georgetown County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	20	19
2023	21	20
2022	18	16
2021	13	11
2020	12	11
2019	11	10
2018	16	16
2017	15	15
2016	6	6
2015	18	17
2014	7	7
2013	13	12
2012	14	12
2011	5	5
2010	13	12
2009	18	17
2008	13	12
2007	21	20
2006	16	16
2005	21	16
2004	10	10
2003	13	12
2002	26	23
2001	18	18
2000	21	19
1999	31	26
1998	24	20
1997	24	22
1996	11	8
1995	13	12
1994	20	16
1993	21	18
1992	17	13
1991	17	16
1990	23	19
1989	13	13
1988	24	19
1987	28	25
1986	19	18
1985	11	11
1984	23	21
1983	14	13
1982	13	12
1981	11	9
1980	14	12
1979	20	18
1978	19	17
1977	23	18
1976	14	13
1975	13	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.Georgetown County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Georgetown County	South Carolina	United States
2024	30.2	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	23.6	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. Georgetown County had 66,132 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Georgetown County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 141 fatal crashes	23	141 fatal crashes	16.3%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 141 fatal crashes	60	141 fatal crashes	42.6%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 99 occupant deaths with restraint use known	58	99 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.6%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 150 deaths	18	150 deaths	12.0%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 150 deaths	7	150 deaths	4.7%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 150 deaths	20	150 deaths	13.3%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	107	141 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	75.9%	58.5%
In the darkof 141 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	141 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.Georgetown 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	12	4	3	10	29
Monday	1 or 2	1 or 2	9	6	19
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	3	7	13
Wednesday	1 or 2	4	4	6	15
Thursday	3	4	4	8	19
Friday	3	8	3	9	23
Saturday	4	6	3	10	23
All days	26	30	29	56	141

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.Georgetown 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	6	4.3%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	47	33.3%	31.5%
Minor arterial	52	36.9%	33.9%
Major collector	17	12.1%	11.5%
Minor collector	6	4.3%	1.4%
Local	13	9.2%	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.Georgetown County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	59
Dark, not lighted	48
Dark, lighted	11
Dawn	0
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	18
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Georgetown County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	112
Cloudy	11
Rain	14
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Georgetown County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Georgetown	In all of South Carolina
State Route 4	State highway	3	24
State Route 6	State highway	1 or 2	83
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	74
State Route 22	State highway	3	50
State Route 24	State highway	4	50
State Route 31	State highway	3	54
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 38	State highway	4	40
State Route 41	State highway	5	68
State Route 42	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 50	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 51	State highway	10	36
State Route 52	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 55	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 261	State highway	1 or 2	27
State Route 296	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 707	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 17	US highway	47	441
US Route 521	US highway	5	75
US Route 701	US highway	7	46

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.Georgetown 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
Georgetown County: 23.6

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 Georgetown 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
Charleston County	South Carolina	61	682	16.6
Horry County	South Carolina	58	714	19.9
Marion County	South Carolina	14	101	33.7
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 Georgetown 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 Georgetown in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 141 deaths in Georgetown County from 2005 to 2014. It records 150 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Georgetown in 2024?

The rate of Georgetown County in 2024 was 30.2 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 Georgetown had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 23 of 141 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 Georgetown?

21 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 107 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.