Oconee County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 14 deaths in 14 fatal crashes in Oconee County in 2024.

FARS records 142 deaths in 136 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 18.0 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, Oconee County was number 26 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Oconee County fell by 2.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (145) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (142).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 81.6% of the fatal crashes in Oconee 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 Oconee 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.Oconee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	14	14	5
2023	13	13	5
2022	16	16	7
2021	10	10	3
2020	14	12	1 or 2
2019	17	16	8
2018	16	15	4
2017	18	16	7
2016	11	11	4
2015	13	13	4
2015 to 2024	142	136	49

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 25 (1987)2024: 14

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

Table 2.Oconee County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	14	14
2023	13	13
2022	16	16
2021	10	10
2020	14	12
2019	17	16
2018	16	15
2017	18	16
2016	11	11
2015	13	13
2014	13	11
2013	3	3
2012	22	21
2011	13	13
2010	13	13
2009	11	11
2008	14	12
2007	24	21
2006	16	15
2005	16	16
2004	11	11
2003	16	14
2002	19	16
2001	17	16
2000	23	22
1999	21	20
1998	17	15
1997	11	10
1996	13	13
1995	8	7
1994	10	10
1993	15	15
1992	16	12
1991	11	10
1990	14	12
1989	17	15
1988	15	12
1987	25	20
1986	17	15
1985	11	11
1984	14	13
1983	13	10
1982	14	14
1981	13	13
1980	16	15
1979	15	14
1978	11	11
1977	14	10
1976	7	7
1975	11	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.Oconee County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Oconee County	South Carolina	United States
2024	17.0	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	18.0	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. Oconee County had 82,566 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Oconee County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 136 fatal crashes	49	136 fatal crashes	36.0%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 136 fatal crashes	52	136 fatal crashes	38.2%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 91 occupant deaths with restraint use known	41	91 occupant deathswith restraint use known	45.1%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 142 deaths	17	142 deaths	12.0%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 142 deaths	1 or 2	142 deaths	1.4%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 142 deaths	28	142 deaths	19.7%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	111	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	81.6%	58.5%
In the darkof 136 fatal crashes with the condition reported	46	136 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	33.8%	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.Oconee 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	4	3	10	8	25
Monday	1 or 2	7	1 or 2	3	13
Tuesday	1 or 2	1 or 2	4	1 or 2	9
Wednesday	0	7	10	4	21
Thursday	0	5	7	8	20
Friday	1 or 2	4	6	9	20
Saturday	4	9	8	7	28
All days	12	36	47	41	136

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.Oconee County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	6	4.4%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	24	17.6%	31.5%
Minor arterial	71	52.2%	33.9%
Major collector	14	10.3%	11.5%
Minor collector	1 or 2	1.5%	1.4%
Local	19	14.0%	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.Oconee County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	79
Dark, not lighted	40
Dark, lighted	3
Dawn	6
Dusk	5
Dark, lighting unknown	3
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Oconee County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	113
Cloudy	10
Rain	11
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 Oconee County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Oconee	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 85	Interstate	6	142
State Route 6	State highway	1 or 2	83
State Route 11	State highway	20	62
State Route 13	State highway	3	43
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	74
State Route 21	State highway	3	40
State Route 24	State highway	9	50
State Route 28	State highway	5	65
State Route 30	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 35	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	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 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 65	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 135	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 183	State highway	7	41
US Route 76	US highway	13	206
US Route 123	US highway	3	45

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.Oconee 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
Oconee County: 18.0

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 Oconee County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Franklin County	Georgia	3	83	35.3
Habersham County	Georgia	8	90	19.5
Hart County	Georgia	1 or 2	57	21.6
Rabun County	Georgia	5	62	36.5
Stephens County	Georgia	1 or 2	60	22.7
Jackson County	North Carolina	5	76	17.5
Macon County	North Carolina	8	54	14.8
Transylvania County	North Carolina	4	35	10.4
Anderson County	South Carolina	45	435	21.3
Pickens County	South Carolina	21	203	15.7

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 Oconee 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 Oconee in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 145 deaths in Oconee County from 2005 to 2014. It records 142 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Oconee in 2024?

The rate of Oconee County in 2024 was 17.0 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 Oconee had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 49 of 136 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 Oconee?

21 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 85 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.