Marlboro County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 9 deaths in 9 fatal crashes in Marlboro County in 2024.

FARS records 103 deaths in 94 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 39.1 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, Marlboro County was number 33 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Marlboro County rose by 22.6% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (84) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (103).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 89.4% of the fatal crashes in Marlboro 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 Marlboro 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.Marlboro County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	9	9	0
2023	10	10	1 or 2
2022	13	13	0
2021	14	11	1 or 2
2020	14	13	1 or 2
2019	9	9	0
2018	8	8	0
2017	8	5	0
2016	9	7	0
2015	9	9	0
2015 to 2024	103	94	3

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 18 (1999)2024: 9

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

Table 2.Marlboro County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	9	9
2023	10	10
2022	13	13
2021	14	11
2020	14	13
2019	9	9
2018	8	8
2017	8	5
2016	9	7
2015	9	9
2014	13	12
2013	4	4
2012	1 or 2	1 or 2
2011	9	8
2010	4	4
2009	11	8
2008	8	7
2007	10	6
2006	18	16
2005	5	5
2004	7	7
2003	6	6
2002	12	12
2001	15	13
2000	9	8
1999	18	12
1998	12	11
1997	8	8
1996	9	8
1995	11	10
1994	10	8
1993	14	11
1992	12	11
1991	5	5
1990	12	11
1989	13	8
1988	16	11
1987	10	9
1986	8	8
1985	7	7
1984	8	6
1983	8	8
1982	9	8
1981	8	8
1980	12	10
1979	6	5
1978	13	11
1977	12	11
1976	13	10
1975	9	6

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.Marlboro County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Marlboro County	South Carolina	United States
2024	35.2	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	39.1	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. Marlboro County had 25,544 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Marlboro County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 94 fatal crashes	3	94 fatal crashes	3.2%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 94 fatal crashes	50	94 fatal crashes	53.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 74 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	74 occupant deathswith restraint use known	55.4%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 103 deaths	10	103 deaths	9.7%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 103 deaths	1 or 2	103 deaths	1.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 103 deaths	16	103 deaths	15.5%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	84	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	89.4%	58.5%
In the darkof 94 fatal crashes with the condition reported	42	94 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	44.7%	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.Marlboro 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	1 or 2	5	7	18
Monday	5	1 or 2	8	1 or 2	17
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	3	1 or 2	7	5	16
Thursday	1 or 2	3	5	4	14
Friday	1 or 2	0	1 or 2	5	8
Saturday	4	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	12
All days	21	11	33	29	94

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.Marlboro 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	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	34	36.2%	31.5%
Minor arterial	29	30.9%	33.9%
Major collector	15	16.0%	11.5%
Minor collector	3	3.2%	1.4%
Local	13	13.8%	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.Marlboro County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	47
Dark, not lighted	34
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	1 or 2
Dusk	3
Dark, lighting unknown	0
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Marlboro County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	71
Cloudy	13
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 Marlboro County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Marlboro	In all of South Carolina
State Route 9	State highway	16	150
State Route 18	State highway	4	24
State Route 19	State highway	1 or 2	55
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 30	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 34	State highway	5	98
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 38	State highway	15	40
State Route 43	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 48	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 53	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 55	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
US Route 1	US highway	1 or 2	135
US Route 15	US highway	14	99

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.Marlboro 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
Marlboro County: 39.1

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 Marlboro County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Richmond County	North Carolina	14	106	24.3
Robeson County	North Carolina	46	531	42.5
Scotland County	North Carolina	8	120	35.0
Chesterfield County	South Carolina	10	118	26.3
Darlington County	South Carolina	22	213	32.8
Dillon County	South Carolina	14	112	38.3
Florence County	South Carolina	28	349	25.3

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 Marlboro 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 Marlboro in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 84 deaths in Marlboro County from 2005 to 2014. It records 103 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Marlboro in 2024?

The rate of Marlboro County in 2024 was 35.2 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 Marlboro had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 3 of 94 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 Marlboro?

17 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 66 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.