Sumter County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 23 deaths in 23 fatal crashes in Sumter County in 2024.

FARS records 234 deaths in 229 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 22.1 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, Sumter County was number 15 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in Sumter County rose by 3.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (227) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (234).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 60.7% of the occupants killed in Sumter County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 53.2% 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 Sumter 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.Sumter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	23	23	10
2023	30	30	10
2022	30	30	12
2021	31	29	13
2020	25	23	7
2019	22	22	8
2018	15	15	6
2017	18	18	5
2016	20	19	11
2015	20	20	7
2015 to 2024	234	229	89

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 33 (1991)2024: 23

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

Table 2.Sumter County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	23	23
2023	30	30
2022	30	30
2021	31	29
2020	25	23
2019	22	22
2018	15	15
2017	18	18
2016	20	19
2015	20	20
2014	26	19
2013	17	17
2012	17	17
2011	23	21
2010	20	20
2009	24	23
2008	27	23
2007	21	19
2006	28	27
2005	24	21
2004	25	20
2003	32	31
2002	27	24
2001	21	20
2000	20	20
1999	17	15
1998	20	18
1997	25	22
1996	28	25
1995	19	17
1994	14	13
1993	23	22
1992	20	17
1991	33	28
1990	19	18
1989	30	24
1988	17	17
1987	31	25
1986	31	24
1985	21	20
1984	26	25
1983	21	18
1982	14	14
1981	19	18
1980	23	21
1979	28	26
1978	17	17
1977	28	23
1976	27	25
1975	23	22

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.Sumter County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Sumter County	South Carolina	United States
2024	21.9	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	22.1	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. Sumter County had 104,788 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Sumter County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 229 fatal crashes	89	229 fatal crashes	38.9%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 229 fatal crashes	87	229 fatal crashes	38.0%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 150 occupant deaths with restraint use known	91	150 occupant deathswith restraint use known	60.7%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 234 deaths	35	234 deaths	15.0%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 234 deaths	5	234 deaths	2.1%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 234 deaths	38	234 deaths	16.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 229 fatal crashes with the condition reported	118	229 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	51.5%	58.5%
In the darkof 229 fatal crashes with the condition reported	111	229 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	48.5%	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.Sumter 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	12	9	11	11	43
Monday	3	7	5	9	24
Tuesday	4	5	12	6	27
Wednesday	5	6	9	11	31
Thursday	1 or 2	7	10	7	26
Friday	6	6	8	17	37
Saturday	13	6	11	11	41
All days	45	46	66	72	229

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.Sumter County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	8	3.5%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	11	4.8%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	94	41.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	59	25.8%	33.9%
Major collector	34	14.8%	11.5%
Minor collector	7	3.1%	1.4%
Local	16	7.0%	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.Sumter County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	108
Dark, not lighted	75
Dark, lighted	19
Dawn	9
Dusk	1 or 2
Dark, lighting unknown	17
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.Sumter County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	192
Cloudy	15
Rain	16
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	0
Fog, smog or smoke	6
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Sumter County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Sumter	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 95	Interstate	8	229
State Route 20	State highway	1 or 2	74
State Route 28	State highway	1 or 2	65
State Route 33	State highway	5	34
State Route 40	State highway	6	21
State Route 44	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 51	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 52	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 53	State highway	10	32
State Route 55	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 61	State highway	1 or 2	68
State Route 81	State highway	3	48
State Route 107	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 261	State highway	5	27
US Route 15	US highway	29	99
US Route 76	US highway	29	206
US Route 378	US highway	22	90
US Route 521	US highway	20	75

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.Sumter 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
Sumter County: 22.1

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 Sumter County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Calhoun County	South Carolina	6	67	46.5
Clarendon County	South Carolina	9	146	44.9
Florence County	South Carolina	28	349	25.3
Kershaw County	South Carolina	10	167	25.0
Lee County	South Carolina	4	64	38.2
Richland County	South Carolina	63	585	14.0

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 Sumter 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 Sumter in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 227 deaths in Sumter County from 2005 to 2014. It records 234 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Sumter in 2024?

The rate of Sumter County in 2024 was 21.9 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 Sumter had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 89 of 229 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 Sumter?

18 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 149 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.