16-12. South Carolina Motor Vehicle Registrations and Death Rate: 1992-1994


                          1992                       1993                       1994

                                  DEATH                      DEATH                      DEATH
 COUNTY         REGISTRATIONS    RATE 1/   REGISTRATIONS    RATE 1/   REGISTRATIONS    RATE 1/

Abbeville 18,808 31.9 19,100 26.2 19,590 15.3 Aiken 104,434 27.8 107,083 26.1 109,420 31.1 Allendale 6,506 0.0 6,600 60.6 6,740 44.5 Anderson 121,662 42.7 125,753 31.8 128,687 25.6 Bamberg 10,779 27.8 10,855 73.7 10,863 9.2 Barnwell 15,785 44.3 16,080 0.0 16,372 30.5 Beaufort 62,389 20.8 66,492 42.1 69,143 23.1 Berkeley 90,355 25.5 92,091 28.2 93,933 22.4 Calhoun 11,340 61.7 11,796 67.8 12,121 16.5 Charleston 192,996 24.4 198,483 24.2 203,408 18.2 Cherokee 35,941 44.5 37,545 18.6 38,327 26.1 Chester 24,871 40.2 25,314 31.6 25,502 51.0 Chesterfield 29,189 27.4 30,364 49.4 31,128 41.8 Clarendon 19,423 77.2 19,507 20.5 20,166 19.8 Colleton 25,589 89.9 26,162 80.3 26,744 101.0 Darlington 44,607 33.6 46,810 38.5 47,054 51.0 Dillon 19,664 40.7 20,570 43.8 20,703 38.6 Dorchester 59,242 23.6 60,169 24.9 60,577 24.8 Edgefield 15,448 32.4 16,260 43.1 16,392 54.9 Fairfield 16,457 72.9 16,801 47.6 17,104 87.7 Florence 83,728 29.9 87,588 44.5 91,311 32.9 Georgetown 33,685 47.5 34,834 57.4 36,662 54.6 Greenville 259,807 22.3 271,269 18.4 279,162 17.9 Greenwood 47,405 16.9 48,547 35.0 48,782 20.5 Hampton 12,907 62.0 13,282 67.8 13,400 59.7 Horry 114,341 41.1 117,965 27.1 124,330 40.2 Jasper 10,109 138.5 10,711 168.1 10,975 118.5 Kershaw 38,588 23.3 39,894 30.1 40,730 22.1 Lancaster 44,142 31.7 45,850 34.9 45,941 43.5 Laurens 46,063 43.4 47,877 25.1 48,992 36.7 Lee 11,415 87.6 11,792 84.8 11,679 17.1 Lexington 147,773 16.2 155,970 16.7 164,191 24.4 McCormick 6,184 16.2 6,404 31.2 6,596 60.6 Marion 21,463 28.0 22,182 27.0 22,818 48.2 Marlboro 17,782 67.5 18,187 71.5 18,716 53.4 Newberry 27,796 21.6 28,309 35.3 28,627 48.9 Oconee 50,579 33.6 52,209 40.2 53,395 24.3 Orangeburg 61,975 42.0 62,834 63.7 63,247 58.5 Pickens 73,579 21.7 76,175 24.9 78,966 34.2 Richland 193,834 20.6 201,510 19.9 206,170 20.9 Saluda 14,620 27.4 14,950 20.1 15,192 39.5 Spartanburg 182,475 24.7 190,139 23.7 193,863 30.4 Sumter 68,558 30.6 70,094 34.2 72,413 19.3 Union 22,793 30.7 23,236 43.0 23,326 38.6 Williamsburg 23,882 87.9 23,929 54.3 24,956 32.1 York 107,201 17.7 111,569 27.8 113,862 25.5 STATE TOTAL 2,648,169 30.5 2,741,141 30.8 2,812,276 30.1
1:/ Death Rate= Total killed in traffic accidents per 100,000 registered motor vehicles.

Source: S.C. Department fo Public Safety, 1994 S.C. Traffic Collision Fact Book, pp.39 & 55. Death Rate calculations by the Office of Research and Statistics.

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