Horry County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 58 deaths in 57 fatal crashes in Horry County in 2024.

FARS records 714 deaths in 669 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 19.9 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, Horry County was number 2 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Horry County rose by 19.8% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (596) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (714).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 46.0% of the fatal crashes in Horry 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 Horry 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.Horry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	58	57	17
2023	66	64	16
2022	80	78	24
2021	80	73	21
2020	63	56	16
2019	78	72	27
2018	71	67	12
2017	67	64	15
2016	70	62	12
2015	81	76	20
2015 to 2024	714	669	180

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 88 (2007)2024: 58

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

Table 2.Horry County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	58	57
2023	66	64
2022	80	78
2021	80	73
2020	63	56
2019	78	72
2018	71	67
2017	67	64
2016	70	62
2015	81	76
2014	58	55
2013	55	51
2012	52	51
2011	52	50
2010	49	47
2009	64	60
2008	48	45
2007	88	80
2006	66	63
2005	64	57
2004	64	60
2003	73	71
2002	61	57
2001	61	53
2000	80	67
1999	65	55
1998	47	45
1997	51	45
1996	54	51
1995	50	46
1994	49	46
1993	33	33
1992	47	42
1991	57	53
1990	47	42
1989	42	41
1988	55	47
1987	55	53
1986	64	58
1985	69	63
1984	47	42
1983	46	42
1982	43	42
1981	40	36
1980	44	41
1979	27	26
1978	40	35
1977	44	41
1976	31	28
1975	47	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.Horry County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Horry County	South Carolina	United States
2024	14.0	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	19.9	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. Horry County had 414,307 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Horry County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 669 fatal crashes	180	669 fatal crashes	26.9%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 669 fatal crashes	221	669 fatal crashes	33.0%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 329 occupant deaths with restraint use known	177	329 occupant deathswith restraint use known	53.8%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 714 deaths	162	714 deaths	22.7%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 714 deaths	16	714 deaths	2.2%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 714 deaths	180	714 deaths	25.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 669 fatal crashes with the condition reported	308	669 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	46.0%	58.5%
In the darkof 669 fatal crashes with the condition reported	390	669 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	58.3%	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.Horry 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	34	11	13	41	99
Monday	16	15	25	18	74
Tuesday	18	14	24	28	84
Wednesday	12	15	15	33	75
Thursday	15	15	23	39	92
Friday	23	21	26	45	115
Saturday	47	8	26	49	130
All days	165	99	152	253	669

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.Horry County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	1 or 2	0.1%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	31	4.6%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	308	46.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	187	28.0%	33.9%
Major collector	58	8.7%	11.5%
Minor collector	9	1.3%	1.4%
Local	75	11.2%	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.Horry County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	247
Dark, not lighted	258
Dark, lighted	90
Dawn	13
Dusk	19
Dark, lighting unknown	42
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Horry County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	595
Cloudy	26
Rain	41
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Horry County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Horry	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 95	Interstate	1 or 2	229
State Route 9	State highway	44	150
State Route 14	State highway	1 or 2	53
State Route 19	State highway	8	55
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	74
State Route 22	State highway	13	50
State Route 23	State highway	4	26
State Route 24	State highway	6	50
State Route 29	State highway	6	44
State Route 31	State highway	25	54
State Route 33	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	98
State Route 45	State highway	4	31
State Route 50	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 57	State highway	7	36
State Route 65	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 90	State highway	22	25
State Route 97	State highway	4	29
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 135	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 165	State highway	3	22
State Route 215	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 544	State highway	27	27
State Route 707	State highway	20	22
US Route 17	US highway	137	441
US Route 378	US highway	9	90
US Route 501	US highway	71	95
US Route 701	US highway	39	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.Horry 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
Horry County: 19.9

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 Horry County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Brunswick County	North Carolina	24	214	15.1
Columbus County	North Carolina	18	204	38.4
Dillon County	South Carolina	14	112	38.3
Georgetown County	South Carolina	20	150	23.6
Marion County	South Carolina	14	101	33.7

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 Horry 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

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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 Horry in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 596 deaths in Horry County from 2005 to 2014. It records 714 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Horry in 2024?

The rate of Horry County in 2024 was 14.0 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 Horry had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 180 of 669 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 Horry?

28 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 462 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.