Greenwood County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 5 deaths in 5 fatal crashes in Greenwood County in 2024.

FARS records 124 deaths in 116 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 17.7 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, Greenwood County was number 28 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Greenwood County rose by 37.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (90) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (124).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 58.6% of the fatal crashes in Greenwood County with known light were in the dark, against 51.8% 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 Greenwood 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.Greenwood County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	5	5	1 or 2
2023	16	15	7
2022	13	13	8
2021	11	10	5
2020	20	18	4
2019	6	5	1 or 2
2018	20	18	4
2017	10	9	4
2016	12	12	4
2015	11	11	6
2015 to 2024	124	116	44

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 22 (2002)2024: 5

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

Table 2.Greenwood County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	5	5
2023	16	15
2022	13	13
2021	11	10
2020	20	18
2019	6	5
2018	20	18
2017	10	9
2016	12	12
2015	11	11
2014	7	7
2013	6	6
2012	10	10
2011	11	10
2010	5	5
2009	12	12
2008	7	7
2007	10	9
2006	6	5
2005	16	14
2004	7	6
2003	11	9
2002	22	20
2001	11	11
2000	13	13
1999	6	6
1998	13	13
1997	13	13
1996	12	11
1995	19	17
1994	9	8
1993	20	17
1992	9	9
1991	11	10
1990	21	19
1989	10	9
1988	18	16
1987	13	13
1986	12	10
1985	6	6
1984	17	16
1983	10	8
1982	12	11
1981	18	17
1980	9	9
1979	19	17
1978	13	12
1977	16	15
1976	11	10
1975	12	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.Greenwood County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Greenwood County	South Carolina	United States
2024	7.1	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	17.7	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. Greenwood County had 70,180 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Greenwood County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 116 fatal crashes	44	116 fatal crashes	37.9%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 116 fatal crashes	45	116 fatal crashes	38.8%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 69 occupant deaths with restraint use known	39	69 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.5%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 124 deaths	21	124 deaths	16.9%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 124 deaths	3	124 deaths	2.4%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 124 deaths	25	124 deaths	20.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	66	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	56.9%	58.5%
In the darkof 116 fatal crashes with the condition reported	68	116 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.6%	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.Greenwood 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	7	3	1 or 2	3	15
Monday	3	3	4	6	16
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	7	6	15
Wednesday	5	0	1 or 2	3	10
Thursday	3	5	7	7	22
Friday	1 or 2	3	4	6	14
Saturday	11	1 or 2	3	8	24
All days	31	17	29	39	116

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.Greenwood 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	4	3.4%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	44	37.9%	31.5%
Minor arterial	36	31.0%	33.9%
Major collector	19	16.4%	11.5%
Minor collector	3	2.6%	1.4%
Local	10	8.6%	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.Greenwood County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	44
Dark, not lighted	52
Dark, lighted	15
Dawn	4
Dusk	0
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Greenwood County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	99
Cloudy	7
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	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Greenwood County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Greenwood	In all of South Carolina
State Route 29	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 34	State highway	7	98
State Route 39	State highway	3	34
State Route 42	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 48	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 50	State highway	4	24
State Route 72	State highway	6	68
State Route 97	State highway	4	29
State Route 101	State highway	1 or 2	41
US Route 25	US highway	27	171
US Route 178	US highway	1 or 2	76
US Route 221	US highway	11	76

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.Greenwood 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
Greenwood County: 17.7

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 Greenwood County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Abbeville County	South Carolina	4	48	19.5
Edgefield County	South Carolina	6	52	19.1
Laurens County	South Carolina	17	238	35.1
McCormick County	South Carolina	4	32	33.2
Newberry County	South Carolina	8	95	24.8
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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 90 deaths in Greenwood County from 2005 to 2014. It records 124 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Greenwood in 2024?

The rate of Greenwood County in 2024 was 7.1 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 Greenwood had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 44 of 116 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 Greenwood?

13 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 69 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.