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16-11. SC Motor Vehicle Traffic Collisions, Injuries, Deaths & Property Damage by County: 1997

                     TOTAL      INJURY      FATAL    PROPERTY
 COUNTY            COLLISIONS COLLISIONS  COLLISIONS  DAMAGE

Abbeville 423 289 7 252 Aiken 3,145 1,649 22 2,155 Allendale 182 151 6 100 Anderson 3,978 2,363 33 2,540 Bamberg 290 225 7 160 Barnwell 343 263 6 192 Beaufort 2,574 1,173 20 1,814 Berkeley 2,568 1,407 44 1,684 Calhoun 239 148 3 157 Charleston 10,072 6,218 38 6,280 Cherokee 1,321 825 13 849 Chester 777 566 7 448 Chesterfield 820 610 17 484 Clarendon 648 401 13 414 Colleton 1,040 546 13 706 Darlington 1,482 1,270 20 781 Dillon 945 727 15 541 Dorchester 1,976 1,044 17 1,345 Edgefield 407 263 4 250 Fairfield 657 517 4 371 Florence 3,881 2,588 46 2,407 Georgetown 1,328 890 19 806 Greenville 11,783 4,890 88 8,636 Greenwood 1,892 944 13 1,286 Hampton 349 135 1 271 Horry 7,143 3,748 50 4,909 Jasper 717 318 23 525 Kershaw 1,262 695 13 836 Lancaster 1,421 862 14 896 Laurens 1,581 1,073 13 948 Lee 442 305 9 281 Lexington 4,919 2,454 39 3,395 McCormick 199 91 4 133 Marion 915 1,015 5 483 Marlboro 600 500 8 335 Newberry 777 426 11 515 Oconee 1,251 750 13 771 Orangeburg 2,407 1,480 27 1,545 Pickens 2,156 1,140 13 1,417 Richland 9,108 5,090 44 6,114 Saluda 426 201 5 294 Spartanburg 6,435 3,636 58 4,227 Sumter 2,393 1,329 25 1,627 Union 641 377 10 398 Williamsburg 776 524 25 482 York 3,537 1,941 18 2,320 STATE TOTAL 102,226 58,057 903 67,380
Source: S.C. Department of Public Safety, "1997 S.C. Traffic Collision Fact Book," p. 85. Number of persons killed and injured columns differ from incorrect data in published Statistical Abstract. These two columns were corrected by SCIway on April 21, 1999.

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