Orangeburg County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 48 deaths in 38 fatal crashes in Orangeburg County in 2024.

FARS records 387 deaths in 349 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 45.3 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, Orangeburg County was number 9 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Orangeburg County rose by 4.9% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (369) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (387).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 87.1% of the fatal crashes in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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.Orangeburg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	48	38	20
2023	37	34	15
2022	47	45	18
2021	46	44	14
2020	37	29	15
2019	43	37	11
2018	39	35	11
2017	29	27	10
2016	30	29	10
2015	31	31	8
2015 to 2024	387	349	132

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 53 (2006)2024: 48

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

Table 2.Orangeburg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	48	38
2023	37	34
2022	47	45
2021	46	44
2020	37	29
2019	43	37
2018	39	35
2017	29	27
2016	30	29
2015	31	31
2014	28	23
2013	34	31
2012	26	25
2011	25	24
2010	41	36
2009	41	29
2008	28	28
2007	46	40
2006	53	49
2005	47	41
2004	52	42
2003	36	32
2002	46	41
2001	29	29
2000	35	31
1999	34	32
1998	31	27
1997	26	23
1996	21	20
1995	31	28
1994	36	32
1993	38	27
1992	26	22
1991	26	25
1990	26	25
1989	43	37
1988	36	28
1987	27	24
1986	41	35
1985	29	28
1984	34	30
1983	24	23
1982	28	23
1981	24	24
1980	31	26
1979	25	25
1978	41	38
1977	33	31
1976	24	19
1975	34	31

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.Orangeburg County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Orangeburg County	South Carolina	United States
2024	57.7	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	45.3	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. Orangeburg County had 83,171 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Orangeburg County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 349 fatal crashes	132	349 fatal crashes	37.8%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 349 fatal crashes	169	349 fatal crashes	48.4%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 286 occupant deaths with restraint use known	167	286 occupant deathswith restraint use known	58.4%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 387 deaths	44	387 deaths	11.4%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 387 deaths	4	387 deaths	1.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 387 deaths	28	387 deaths	7.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 349 fatal crashes with the condition reported	304	349 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	87.1%	58.5%
In the darkof 349 fatal crashes with the condition reported	184	349 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.7%	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.Orangeburg 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	23	6	13	8	50
Monday	10	11	10	12	43
Tuesday	7	4	13	14	38
Wednesday	11	10	15	13	49
Thursday	1 or 2	4	12	9	26
Friday	19	9	11	22	61
Saturday	22	11	14	35	82
All days	93	55	88	113	349

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.Orangeburg County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	63	18.1%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.6%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	109	31.2%	31.5%
Minor arterial	106	30.4%	33.9%
Major collector	36	10.3%	11.5%
Minor collector	3	0.9%	1.4%
Local	30	8.6%	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.Orangeburg County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	140
Dark, not lighted	141
Dark, lighted	34
Dawn	13
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	9
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Orangeburg County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	301
Cloudy	15
Rain	26
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	7
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Orangeburg County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Orangeburg	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 26	Interstate	41	298
Interstate 95	Interstate	22	229
State Route 3	State highway	5	24
State Route 4	State highway	11	24
State Route 6	State highway	18	83
State Route 21	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 29	State highway	1 or 2	44
State Route 33	State highway	6	34
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 39	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 45	State highway	6	31
State Route 49	State highway	3	55
State Route 61	State highway	5	68
State Route 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 64	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 81	State highway	1 or 2	48
State Route 90	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 200	State highway	1 or 2	24
US Route 15	US highway	10	99
US Route 21	US highway	20	156
US Route 176	US highway	12	134
US Route 178	US highway	22	76
US Route 301	US highway	39	85
US Route 321	US highway	19	87
US Route 501	US highway	1 or 2	95
US Route 601	US highway	8	49

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.Orangeburg 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
Orangeburg County: 45.3

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 Orangeburg 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
Bamberg County	South Carolina	3	35	25.5
Barnwell County	South Carolina	8	47	22.4
Berkeley County	South Carolina	37	410	17.7
Calhoun County	South Carolina	6	67	46.5
Clarendon County	South Carolina	9	146	44.9
Colleton County	South Carolina	17	215	56.2
Dorchester County	South Carolina	38	245	15.0
Lexington County	South Carolina	54	501	16.8

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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 369 deaths in Orangeburg County from 2005 to 2014. It records 387 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Orangeburg in 2024?

The rate of Orangeburg County in 2024 was 57.7 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 Orangeburg had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 132 of 349 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 Orangeburg?

26 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 261 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.