16-15. Traffic Accidents with a Probable Cause of
Alcohol or Drugs by County: 1994
ACCIDENTS PERSONS
PROPERTY
COUNTY TOTAL FATAL INJURY DAMAGE KILLED INJURED
Abbeville 29 0 18 11 0 30
Aiken 155 9 66 80 11 102
Allendale 19 0 11 8 0 17
Anderson 162 7 90 65 7 148
Bamberg 24 1 9 14 1 17
Barnwell 22 0 6 16 0 12
Beaufort 102 3 42 57 3 80
Berkeley 177 6 93 78 7 172
Calhoun 24 0 8 16 0 10
Charleston 381 6 202 173 6 334
Cherokee 99 4 47 48 4 73
Chester 64 3 37 24 3 57
Chesterfield 68 4 34 30 4 56
Clarendon 43 0 22 21 0 29
Colleton 82 1 37 44 1 54
Darlington 129 6 65 58 8 124
Dillon 58 1 34 23 1 49
Dorchester 97 1 39 57 1 56
Edgefield 27 2 16 9 4 59
Fairfield 29 2 19 8 2 29
Florence 188 6 97 85 6 149
Georgetown 90 2 47 41 2 70
Greenville 504 9 219 276 9 349
Greenwood 92 1 41 50 1 72
Hampton 26 0 9 17 0 13
Horry 393 15 176 202 15 302
Jasper 37 2 13 22 2 21
Kershaw 66 0 33 33 0 48
Lancaster 85 1 39 45 1 61
Laurens 97 1 43 53 1 73
Lee 24 1 11 12 1 16
Lexington 222 3 97 122 5 164
McCormick 61 0 27 34 0 40
Marion 62 0 31 31 0 53
Marlboro 9 0 3 6 0 5
Newberry 57 1 27 29 1 36
Oconee 75 2 29 44 3 49
Orangeburg 121 7 47 67 7 82
Pickens 116 2 50 64 2 76
Richland 407 3 174 230 3 280
Saluda 27 0 13 14 0 20
Spartanburg 417 15 205 197 16 321
Sumter 119 2 53 64 3 89
Union 69 3 28 38 3 36
Williamsburg 63 1 34 28 1 69
York 226 10 121 95 11 203
STATE TOTAL 5,444 143 2,562 2,739 156 4,205
Note: Prior to 1988, alcohol & drug involvement in accidents was based on
the question "Had been drinking or using drugs?" contained in the Uniform
Traffic Accident Report for each driver. Beginning in 1988, alcohol and
drug involvement data are based on the single probable accident cause as
determined by investigating officers who choose the single cause from a
list of 74 probable causes in which 8 concern alcohol or drug usage.
Therefore, 1994 data are not comparable to "alcohol or drug involvement"
statistics published prior to 1988. Due to the restrictive nature in
which the data were compiled, alcohol involvement in South Carolina
traffic accidents is probably understated in the statistics.
Source: S.C. Department of Public Safety, 1994 S.C. Traffic Collision
Fact Book, p.85.
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