Marion County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 12 fatal crashes in Marion County in 2024.

FARS records 101 deaths in 91 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 33.7 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, Marion County was number 34 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Marion County fell by 8.2% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (110) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (101).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 89.0% of the fatal crashes in Marion 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 Marion 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.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	12	0
2023	13	9	1 or 2
2022	6	6	0
2021	9	8	3
2020	10	9	3
2019	11	11	4
2018	10	9	0
2017	8	7	0
2016	9	9	1 or 2
2015	11	11	4
2015 to 2024	101	91	17

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 20 (1996)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Marion County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	12
2023	13	9
2022	6	6
2021	9	8
2020	10	9
2019	11	11
2018	10	9
2017	8	7
2016	9	9
2015	11	11
2014	9	9
2013	8	8
2012	9	8
2011	4	4
2010	14	10
2009	12	12
2008	14	11
2007	15	10
2006	13	10
2005	12	9
2004	10	9
2003	14	13
2002	18	16
2001	18	16
2000	10	8
1999	16	14
1998	16	13
1997	5	4
1996	20	18
1995	9	7
1994	12	9
1993	5	5
1992	6	6
1991	10	10
1990	16	12
1989	8	8
1988	18	12
1987	19	16
1986	13	13
1985	17	14
1984	13	13
1983	15	12
1982	12	9
1981	17	14
1980	12	11
1979	6	6
1978	6	5
1977	16	12
1976	14	12
1975	14	11

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.Marion County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marion County	South Carolina	United States
2024	49.1	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	33.7	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. Marion County had 28,504 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marion County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 91 fatal crashes	17	91 fatal crashes	18.7%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 91 fatal crashes	46	91 fatal crashes	50.5%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 70 occupant deaths with restraint use known	40	70 occupant deathswith restraint use known	57.1%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 101 deaths	15	101 deaths	14.9%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 101 deaths	1 or 2	101 deaths	2.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 101 deaths	12	101 deaths	11.9%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 91 fatal crashes with the condition reported	81	91 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.0%	58.5%
In the darkof 91 fatal crashes with the condition reported	45	91 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.5%	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.Marion 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	5	3	3	3	14
Monday	0	1 or 2	4	4	10
Tuesday	3	4	5	6	18
Wednesday	1 or 2	3	3	5	13
Thursday	0	1 or 2	0	5	6
Friday	1 or 2	6	3	4	15
Saturday	5	1 or 2	3	6	15
All days	17	20	21	33	91

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.Marion 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	3	3.3%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	42	46.2%	31.5%
Minor arterial	29	31.9%	33.9%
Major collector	12	13.2%	11.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	2.2%	1.4%
Local	3	3.3%	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.Marion County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	41
Dark, not lighted	36
Dark, lighted	7
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	1 or 2
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Marion County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	77
Cloudy	9
Rain	4
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 Marion County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marion	In all of South Carolina
State Route 9	State highway	3	150
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	55
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	74
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 30	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 31	State highway	1 or 2	54
State Route 38	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 41	State highway	15	68
State Route 44	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 45	State highway	1 or 2	31
US Route 76	US highway	13	206
US Route 278	US highway	1 or 2	86
US Route 378	US highway	5	90
US Route 501	US highway	22	95

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.Marion 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
Marion County: 33.7

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 Marion County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Dillon County	South Carolina	14	112	38.3
Florence County	South Carolina	28	349	25.3
Georgetown County	South Carolina	20	150	23.6
Horry County	South Carolina	58	714	19.9
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 Marion 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 Marion in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 110 deaths in Marion County from 2005 to 2014. It records 101 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marion in 2024?

The rate of Marion County in 2024 was 49.1 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 Marion had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 17 of 91 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 Marion?

15 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 70 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.