Spartanburg County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 66 deaths in 56 fatal crashes in Spartanburg County in 2024.

FARS records 672 deaths in 608 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 20.5 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, Spartanburg County was number 4 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Spartanburg County rose by 47.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (456) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (672).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.9% of the fatal crashes in Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg 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.Spartanburg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	66	56	15
2023	84	71	17
2022	59	52	12
2021	84	80	17
2020	62	58	19
2019	64	63	13
2018	73	68	17
2017	51	51	10
2016	54	48	17
2015	75	61	19
2015 to 2024	672	608	156

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 84 (2021)2024: 66

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

Table 2.Spartanburg County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	66	56
2023	84	71
2022	59	52
2021	84	80
2020	62	58
2019	64	63
2018	73	68
2017	51	51
2016	54	48
2015	75	61
2014	39	37
2013	33	33
2012	50	48
2011	43	40
2010	45	42
2009	34	30
2008	46	45
2007	56	52
2006	55	54
2005	55	52
2004	49	48
2003	48	46
2002	55	51
2001	77	66
2000	44	41
1999	58	53
1998	74	69
1997	58	53
1996	60	52
1995	75	68
1994	58	54
1993	46	43
1992	48	46
1991	39	37
1990	52	51
1989	58	52
1988	69	65
1987	53	49
1986	56	50
1985	53	47
1984	53	47
1983	48	41
1982	44	39
1981	27	23
1980	56	51
1979	50	47
1978	63	53
1977	61	52
1976	46	40
1975	39	35

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.Spartanburg County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Spartanburg County	South Carolina	United States
2024	17.8	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	20.5	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. Spartanburg County had 369,934 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Spartanburg County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 608 fatal crashes	156	608 fatal crashes	25.7%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 608 fatal crashes	262	608 fatal crashes	43.1%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 408 occupant deaths with restraint use known	204	408 occupant deathswith restraint use known	50.0%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 672 deaths	97	672 deaths	14.4%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 672 deaths	11	672 deaths	1.6%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 672 deaths	123	672 deaths	18.3%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 608 fatal crashes with the condition reported	255	608 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.9%	58.5%
In the darkof 608 fatal crashes with the condition reported	286	608 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	47.0%	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.Spartanburg 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	28	13	23	30	94
Monday	9	16	21	38	84
Tuesday	12	12	31	31	86
Wednesday	12	18	23	25	78
Thursday	7	7	26	23	63
Friday	12	25	19	47	103
Saturday	22	19	21	38	100
All days	102	110	164	232	608

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.Spartanburg County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	91	15.0%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	9	1.5%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	141	23.2%	31.5%
Minor arterial	227	37.3%	33.9%
Major collector	69	11.3%	11.5%
Minor collector	8	1.3%	1.4%
Local	63	10.4%	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.Spartanburg County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	285
Dark, not lighted	184
Dark, lighted	50
Dawn	13
Dusk	24
Dark, lighting unknown	52
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Spartanburg County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	518
Cloudy	40
Rain	44
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Spartanburg County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Spartanburg	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 26	Interstate	43	298
Interstate 85	Interstate	47	142
State Route 3	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 9	State highway	22	150
State Route 11	State highway	12	62
State Route 12	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 14	State highway	6	53
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 30	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 31	State highway	8	54
State Route 34	State highway	1 or 2	98
State Route 35	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 38	State highway	1 or 2	40
State Route 40	State highway	5	21
State Route 41	State highway	3	68
State Route 42	State highway	4	21
State Route 43	State highway	7	22
State Route 44	State highway	6	22
State Route 49	State highway	1 or 2	55
State Route 50	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 52	State highway	3	28
State Route 55	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 56	State highway	17	34
State Route 57	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 62	State highway	4	38
State Route 63	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 64	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 65	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 76	State highway	3	21
State Route 90	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 101	State highway	20	41
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 135	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 146	State highway	7	27
State Route 183	State highway	1 or 2	41
State Route 200	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 215	State highway	9	29
State Route 295	State highway	17	20
State Route 296	State highway	22	26
US Route 29	US highway	39	135
US Route 176	US highway	47	134
US Route 221	US highway	46	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.Spartanburg 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
Spartanburg County: 20.5

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 Spartanburg County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Polk County	North Carolina	5	35	17.3
Rutherford County	North Carolina	16	118	17.9
Cherokee County	South Carolina	20	160	28.2
Greenville County	South Carolina	94	831	15.7
Laurens County	South Carolina	17	238	35.1
Union County	South Carolina	10	71	26.1

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 Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 456 deaths in Spartanburg County from 2005 to 2014. It records 672 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Spartanburg in 2024?

The rate of Spartanburg County in 2024 was 17.8 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 Spartanburg had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 156 of 608 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 Spartanburg?

42 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 424 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.