Lexington County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 54 deaths in 52 fatal crashes in Lexington County in 2024.

FARS records 501 deaths in 466 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 16.8 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, Lexington County was number 6 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Lexington County rose by 13.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (442) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (501).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 49.1% of the fatal crashes in Lexington 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 Lexington 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.Lexington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	54	52	15
2023	47	46	15
2022	43	41	18
2021	57	52	21
2020	43	42	17
2019	53	50	12
2018	68	60	12
2017	47	44	19
2016	43	39	17
2015	46	40	22
2015 to 2024	501	466	168

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 68 (2018)2024: 54

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

Table 2.Lexington County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	54	52
2023	47	46
2022	43	41
2021	57	52
2020	43	42
2019	53	50
2018	68	60
2017	47	44
2016	43	39
2015	46	40
2014	35	33
2013	39	36
2012	48	45
2011	52	50
2010	39	37
2009	38	34
2008	60	50
2007	42	41
2006	52	47
2005	37	37
2004	46	41
2003	48	42
2002	45	39
2001	48	47
2000	50	46
1999	38	34
1998	34	33
1997	38	33
1996	37	33
1995	30	27
1994	38	33
1993	29	28
1992	21	19
1991	35	34
1990	27	23
1989	32	28
1988	40	38
1987	38	34
1986	48	40
1985	36	32
1984	32	29
1983	35	30
1982	36	34
1981	33	30
1980	33	28
1979	27	24
1978	30	25
1977	40	31
1976	34	27
1975	28	22

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.Lexington County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Lexington County	South Carolina	United States
2024	17.2	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	16.8	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. Lexington County had 314,084 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Lexington County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 466 fatal crashes	168	466 fatal crashes	36.1%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 466 fatal crashes	178	466 fatal crashes	38.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 317 occupant deaths with restraint use known	157	317 occupant deathswith restraint use known	49.5%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 501 deaths	86	501 deaths	17.2%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 501 deaths	9	501 deaths	1.8%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 501 deaths	80	501 deaths	16.0%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 466 fatal crashes with the condition reported	229	466 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.1%	58.5%
In the darkof 466 fatal crashes with the condition reported	245	466 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.6%	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.Lexington 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	28	8	17	26	79
Monday	5	10	10	20	45
Tuesday	7	16	20	24	67
Wednesday	12	9	22	24	67
Thursday	15	12	15	16	58
Friday	14	18	11	28	71
Saturday	22	5	13	39	79
All days	103	78	108	177	466

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.Lexington County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	81	17.4%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	4	0.9%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	107	23.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	154	33.0%	33.9%
Major collector	59	12.7%	11.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.4%	1.4%
Local	59	12.7%	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.Lexington County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	197
Dark, not lighted	186
Dark, lighted	33
Dawn	9
Dusk	15
Dark, lighting unknown	26
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Lexington County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	394
Cloudy	24
Rain	44
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 Lexington County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Lexington	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 20	Interstate	37	162
Interstate 26	Interstate	41	298
Interstate 77	Interstate	3	139
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 6	State highway	30	83
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	55
State Route 24	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 30	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 34	State highway	9	98
State Route 35	State highway	3	25
State Route 36	State highway	5	23
State Route 46	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 51	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 54	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 56	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 65	State highway	5	22
State Route 72	State highway	7	68
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 261	State highway	4	27
State Route 302	State highway	21	32
US Route 1	US highway	30	135
US Route 21	US highway	16	156
US Route 76	US highway	3	206
US Route 178	US highway	17	76
US Route 321	US highway	18	87
US Route 378	US highway	22	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.Lexington 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
Lexington County: 16.8

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 Lexington County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Aiken County	South Carolina	29	321	18.8
Calhoun County	South Carolina	6	67	46.5
Newberry County	South Carolina	8	95	24.8
Orangeburg County	South Carolina	48	387	45.3
Richland County	South Carolina	63	585	14.0
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 Lexington 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 Lexington in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 442 deaths in Lexington County from 2005 to 2014. It records 501 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Lexington in 2024?

The rate of Lexington County in 2024 was 17.2 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 Lexington had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 168 of 466 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 Lexington?

26 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 284 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.