16-16. South Carolina Total Traffic Accidents and Fatalities and
Percent with A Probable Cause of Alcohol or Drugs by County: 1994
ACCIDENTS FATALITIES
ALCOHOL OR DRUGS ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
PROBABLE CAUSE PROBABLE CAUSE
COUNTY TOTAL NUMBER PERCENT TOTAL NUMBER PERCENT
Abbeville 485 29 6.0 3 0 0.0
Aiken 3,797 155 4.1 34 11 32.4
Allendale 239 19 7.9 3 0 0.0
Anderson 4,519 162 3.6 33 7 21.2
Bamberg 373 24 6.4 1 1 100.0
Barnwell 447 22 4.9 5 0 0.0
Beaufort 2,654 102 3.8 16 3 18.8
Berkeley 2,896 177 6.1 21 7 33.3
Calhoun 387 24 6.2 2 0 0.0
Charleston 11,908 381 3.2 37 6 16.2
Cherokee 1,455 99 6.8 10 4 40.0
Chester 1,007 64 6.4 13 3 23.1
Chesterfield 909 68 7.5 13 4 30.8
Clarendon 730 43 5.9 4 0 0.0
Colleton 1,463 82 5.6 27 1 3.7
Darlington 1,825 129 7.1 24 8 33.3
Dillon 1,109 58 5.2 8 1 12.5
Dorchester 2,139 97 4.5 15 1 6.7
Edgefield 461 27 5.9 9 4 44.4
Fairfield 706 29 4.1 15 2 13.3
Florence 4,628 188 4.1 30 6 20.0
Georgetown 1,500 90 6.0 20 2 10.0
Greenville 13,456 504 3.7 50 9 18.0
Greenwood 2,321 92 4.0 10 1 10.0
Hampton 461 26 5.6 8 0 0.0
Horry 7,586 393 5.2 50 15 30.0
Jasper 758 37 4.9 13 2 15.4
Kershaw 1,165 66 5.7 9 0 0.0
Lancaster 1,711 85 5.0 20 1 5.0
Laurens 1,780 97 5.4 18 1 5.6
Lee 432 24 5.6 2 1 50.0
Lexington 5,815 222 3.8 40 5 12.5
McCormick 245 61 24.9 4 0 0.0
Marion 1,173 62 5.3 11 0 0.0
Marlboro 757 9 1.2 10 0 0.0
Newberry 993 57 5.7 14 1 7.1
Oconee 1,529 75 4.9 13 3 23.1
Orangeburg 3,025 121 4.0 37 7 18.9
Pickens 2,485 116 4.7 27 2 7.4
Richland 11,726 407 3.5 43 3 7.0
Saluda 476 27 5.7 6 0 0.0
Spartanburg 8,495 417 4.9 59 16 27.1
Sumter 2,919 119 4.1 14 3 21.4
Union 823 69 8.4 9 3 33.3
Williamsburg 974 63 6.5 8 1 12.5
York 4,205 226 5.4 29 11 37.9
STATE TOTAL 120,947 5,444 4.5 847 156 18.4
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 Public Safety, 1994 S.C. Traffic Accident Fact
Book, pp. 39 & 85.
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