Pickens County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 21 deaths in 20 fatal crashes in Pickens County in 2024.

FARS records 203 deaths in 185 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 15.7 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, Pickens County was number 19 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Pickens County rose by 10.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (184) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (203).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.6% of the fatal crashes in Pickens County with known light were in the dark, against 51.8% 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 Pickens 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.Pickens County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	21	20	9
2023	18	17	3
2022	18	17	4
2021	29	26	9
2020	19	14	4
2019	20	18	3
2018	23	22	1 or 2
2017	20	19	7
2016	19	17	1 or 2
2015	16	15	6
2015 to 2024	203	185	48

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 31 (2000)2024: 21

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

Table 2.Pickens County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	21	20
2023	18	17
2022	18	17
2021	29	26
2020	19	14
2019	20	18
2018	23	22
2017	20	19
2016	19	17
2015	16	15
2014	13	12
2013	14	13
2012	16	15
2011	16	15
2010	15	12
2009	22	20
2008	17	16
2007	26	26
2006	22	21
2005	23	23
2004	19	18
2003	25	23
2002	26	26
2001	22	22
2000	31	27
1999	17	16
1998	25	23
1997	16	15
1996	16	16
1995	15	13
1994	27	24
1993	20	19
1992	15	15
1991	24	19
1990	24	22
1989	24	22
1988	20	18
1987	18	17
1986	25	24
1985	21	18
1984	24	18
1983	20	16
1982	11	10
1981	26	21
1980	14	13
1979	13	13
1978	24	22
1977	18	16
1976	19	17
1975	12	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.Pickens County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Pickens County	South Carolina	United States
2024	15.2	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	15.7	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. Pickens County had 137,859 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Pickens County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 185 fatal crashes	48	185 fatal crashes	25.9%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 185 fatal crashes	69	185 fatal crashes	37.3%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 132 occupant deaths with restraint use known	74	132 occupant deathswith restraint use known	56.1%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 203 deaths	17	203 deaths	8.4%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 203 deaths	1 or 2	203 deaths	1.0%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 203 deaths	40	203 deaths	19.7%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 185 fatal crashes with the condition reported	111	185 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	60.0%	58.5%
In the darkof 185 fatal crashes with the condition reported	77	185 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.6%	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.Pickens 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	7	4	8	10	29
Monday	1 or 2	11	1 or 2	8	23
Tuesday	3	4	10	8	25
Wednesday	3	7	9	6	25
Thursday	1 or 2	3	9	10	24
Friday	1 or 2	3	7	16	28
Saturday	7	3	9	12	31
All days	26	35	54	70	185

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.Pickens 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	7	3.8%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	46	24.9%	31.5%
Minor arterial	74	40.0%	33.9%
Major collector	30	16.2%	11.5%
Minor collector	4	2.2%	1.4%
Local	24	13.0%	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.Pickens County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	89
Dark, not lighted	59
Dark, lighted	8
Dawn	7
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	10
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Pickens County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	157
Cloudy	8
Rain	20
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Pickens County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Pickens	In all of South Carolina
State Route 11	State highway	10	62
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	50
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 33	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	98
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 42	State highway	1 or 2	21
State Route 44	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 48	State highway	1 or 2	38
State Route 54	State highway	1 or 2	32
State Route 55	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 56	State highway	1 or 2	34
State Route 61	State highway	1 or 2	68
State Route 64	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 90	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 135	State highway	14	23
State Route 183	State highway	15	41
State Route 291	State highway	1 or 2	40
US Route 76	US highway	3	206
US Route 123	US highway	29	45
US Route 178	US highway	12	76

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.Pickens 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
Pickens County: 15.7

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 Pickens County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Transylvania County	North Carolina	4	35	10.4
Anderson County	South Carolina	45	435	21.3
Greenville County	South Carolina	94	831	15.7
Oconee County	South Carolina	14	142	18.0

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 Pickens 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 Pickens in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 184 deaths in Pickens County from 2005 to 2014. It records 203 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Pickens in 2024?

The rate of Pickens County in 2024 was 15.2 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 Pickens had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 48 of 185 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 Pickens?

21 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 103 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.