Greenville County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 94 deaths in 82 fatal crashes in Greenville County in 2024.

FARS records 831 deaths in 774 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.7 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, Greenville County was number 1 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Greenville County rose by 21.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (685) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (831).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 31.5% of the fatal crashes in Greenville 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 Greenville County by year, 2015 to 2024

103

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.Greenville County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	94	82	31
2023	75	71	29
2022	103	100	31
2021	93	88	30
2020	82	72	21
2019	73	68	19
2018	77	69	15
2017	74	73	19
2016	87	81	25
2015	73	70	26
2015 to 2024	831	774	246

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 103 (2022)2024: 94

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

Table 2.Greenville County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	94	82
2023	75	71
2022	103	100
2021	93	88
2020	82	72
2019	73	68
2018	77	69
2017	74	73
2016	87	81
2015	73	70
2014	62	59
2013	71	67
2012	68	66
2011	54	53
2010	50	49
2009	54	51
2008	70	63
2007	88	82
2006	80	78
2005	88	76
2004	65	61
2003	45	42
2002	75	68
2001	81	72
2000	75	70
1999	69	58
1998	76	71
1997	84	78
1996	80	72
1995	49	43
1994	50	48
1993	48	46
1992	58	51
1991	49	42
1990	74	72
1989	86	79
1988	62	60
1987	88	82
1986	74	67
1985	59	53
1984	58	54
1983	52	43
1982	51	49
1981	55	49
1980	71	62
1979	57	54
1978	59	47
1977	59	52
1976	42	39
1975	49	44

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.Greenville County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Greenville County	South Carolina	United States
2024	16.4	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.7	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. Greenville County had 573,870 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Greenville County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 774 fatal crashes	246	774 fatal crashes	31.8%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 774 fatal crashes	226	774 fatal crashes	29.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 462 occupant deaths with restraint use known	229	462 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.6%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 831 deaths	167	831 deaths	20.1%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 831 deaths	14	831 deaths	1.7%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 831 deaths	159	831 deaths	19.1%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 774 fatal crashes with the condition reported	244	774 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	31.5%	58.5%
In the darkof 773 fatal crashes with the condition reported	433	773 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.0%	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.Greenville 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	39	14	17	38	108
Monday	21	18	35	42	116
Tuesday	13	17	21	36	87
Wednesday	21	18	27	40	106
Thursday	21	17	20	34	92
Friday	18	22	31	55	126
Saturday	33	15	35	56	139
All days	166	121	186	301	774

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.Greenville County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	69	8.9%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	7	0.9%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	270	34.9%	31.5%
Minor arterial	277	35.8%	33.9%
Major collector	82	10.6%	11.5%
Minor collector	14	1.8%	1.4%
Local	55	7.1%	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.Greenville County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	313
Dark, not lighted	295
Dark, lighted	86
Dawn	11
Dusk	16
Dark, lighting unknown	52
Other or unknown	1 or 2

Table 8.Greenville County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	644
Cloudy	49
Rain	70
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	3
Fog, smog or smoke	5
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Greenville County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Greenville	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 26	Interstate	1 or 2	298
Interstate 85	Interstate	30	142
Interstate 385	Interstate	33	48
State Route 3	State highway	3	24
State Route 5	State highway	3	45
State Route 11	State highway	10	62
State Route 13	State highway	3	43
State Route 14	State highway	21	53
State Route 20	State highway	21	74
State Route 21	State highway	10	40
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 29	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 38	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 40	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 50	State highway	6	24
State Route 52	State highway	8	28
State Route 55	State highway	8	31
State Route 62	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 81	State highway	8	48
State Route 101	State highway	6	41
State Route 107	State highway	9	29
State Route 146	State highway	17	27
State Route 165	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 170	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 183	State highway	16	41
State Route 200	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 291	State highway	38	40
State Route 295	State highway	1 or 2	20
US Route 25	US highway	124	171
US Route 29	US highway	39	135
US Route 76	US highway	1 or 2	206
US Route 123	US highway	13	45
US Route 176	US highway	1 or 2	134
US Route 276	US highway	53	53

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.Greenville 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
Greenville County: 15.7

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 Greenville County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Henderson County	North Carolina	16	123	10.5
Polk County	North Carolina	5	35	17.3
Transylvania County	North Carolina	4	35	10.4
Anderson County	South Carolina	45	435	21.3
Laurens County	South Carolina	17	238	35.1
Pickens County	South Carolina	21	203	15.7
Spartanburg County	South Carolina	66	672	20.5

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 Greenville 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 Greenville in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 685 deaths in Greenville County from 2005 to 2014. It records 831 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Greenville in 2024?

The rate of Greenville County in 2024 was 16.4 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 Greenville had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 246 of 774 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 Greenville?

35 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 497 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.