York County, South Carolina: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 34 deaths in 30 fatal crashes in York County in 2024.

FARS records 338 deaths in 314 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 12.1 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, York County was number 11 of 46 counties of South Carolina.

Deaths in York County rose by 22.0% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (277) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (338).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 41.7% of the fatal crashes in York 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 York 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.York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	34	30	10
2023	30	29	10
2022	28	28	14
2021	43	37	14
2020	36	36	15
2019	50	43	13
2018	35	34	9
2017	28	25	11
2016	36	34	12
2015	18	18	8
2015 to 2024	338	314	116

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 50 (2019)2024: 34

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

Table 2.York County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	34	30
2023	30	29
2022	28	28
2021	43	37
2020	36	36
2019	50	43
2018	35	34
2017	28	25
2016	36	34
2015	18	18
2014	25	23
2013	23	21
2012	27	26
2011	31	31
2010	26	25
2009	27	23
2008	31	31
2007	28	25
2006	27	27
2005	32	30
2004	33	28
2003	31	30
2002	21	21
2001	30	27
2000	28	28
1999	45	44
1998	25	25
1997	19	18
1996	32	29
1995	30	24
1994	30	29
1993	30	28
1992	20	18
1991	23	22
1990	33	29
1989	32	29
1988	37	32
1987	44	40
1986	37	35
1985	32	29
1984	18	16
1983	25	23
1982	24	24
1981	29	26
1980	19	17
1979	27	25
1978	25	22
1977	28	23
1976	24	22
1975	26	20

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.York County beside South Carolina and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	York County	South Carolina	United States
2024	11.2	18.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	12.1	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. York County had 302,761 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.York County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in South Carolina
A driver recorded as drinkingof 314 fatal crashes	116	314 fatal crashes	36.9%	32.2%
A speeding-related driverof 314 fatal crashes	129	314 fatal crashes	41.1%	40.2%
No restraint usedof 219 occupant deaths with restraint use known	96	219 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.8%	53.2%
Pedestriansof 338 deaths	47	338 deaths	13.9%	15.7%
Bicyclistsof 338 deaths	3	338 deaths	0.9%	2.2%
Motorcyclistsof 338 deaths	58	338 deaths	17.2%	15.4%
On a rural roadof 314 fatal crashes with the condition reported	156	314 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.7%	58.5%
In the darkof 314 fatal crashes with the condition reported	131	314 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	41.7%	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.York 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	14	5	10	14	43
Monday	4	13	15	9	41
Tuesday	6	6	15	14	41
Wednesday	3	10	16	12	41
Thursday	3	7	10	12	32
Friday	5	14	20	18	57
Saturday	11	9	17	22	59
All days	46	64	103	101	314

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.York County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in South Carolina
Interstate	36	11.5%	10.8%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	1.6%
Other principal arterial	91	29.0%	31.5%
Minor arterial	113	36.0%	33.9%
Major collector	37	11.8%	11.5%
Minor collector	8	2.5%	1.4%
Local	28	8.9%	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.York County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	170
Dark, not lighted	91
Dark, lighted	23
Dawn	6
Dusk	7
Dark, lighting unknown	17
Other or unknown	0

Table 8.York County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	263
Cloudy	22
Rain	23
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	1 or 2
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	1 or 2

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in York County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In York	In all of South Carolina
Interstate 77	Interstate	36	139
State Route 5	State highway	23	45
State Route 6	State highway	5	83
State Route 22	State highway	3	50
State Route 23	State highway	1 or 2	26
State Route 31	State highway	1 or 2	54
State Route 35	State highway	1 or 2	25
State Route 36	State highway	1 or 2	23
State Route 43	State highway	1 or 2	22
State Route 49	State highway	23	55
State Route 50	State highway	1 or 2	24
State Route 54	State highway	4	32
State Route 55	State highway	11	31
State Route 57	State highway	1 or 2	36
State Route 64	State highway	4	36
State Route 72	State highway	9	68
State Route 81	State highway	1 or 2	48
State Route 97	State highway	1 or 2	29
State Route 101	State highway	4	41
State Route 151	State highway	1 or 2	28
State Route 161	State highway	20	22
State Route 162	State highway	1 or 2	31
State Route 165	State highway	1 or 2	22
US Route 21	US highway	29	156
US Route 321	US highway	6	87

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.York 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
York County: 12.1

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 York County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Cleveland County	North Carolina	16	208	21.0
Gaston County	North Carolina	37	277	12.2
Mecklenburg County	North Carolina	121	1,059	9.5
Cherokee County	South Carolina	20	160	28.2
Chester County	South Carolina	8	135	41.8
Lancaster County	South Carolina	20	167	17.0
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 York 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 York in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 277 deaths in York County from 2005 to 2014. It records 338 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of York in 2024?

The rate of York County in 2024 was 11.2 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 York had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 116 of 314 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 York?

25 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 192 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.