16-13. Traffic Accidents With A Probable Cause of Alcohol Or Drugs by County: 1997
ACCIDENTS PERSONS
PROPERTY
COUNTY TOTAL FATAL INJURY DAMAGE KILLED INJURED
Abbeville 25 0 16 9 0 19
Aiken 163 5 79 79 7 122
Allendale 13 2 7 4 2 21
Anderson 158 5 86 67 5 125
Bamberg 28 2 14 12 3 20
Barnwell 15 2 6 7 2 8
Beaufort 104 3 42 59 3 72
Berkeley 113 8 63 42 8 118
Calhoun 13 1 7 5 1 17
Charleston 363 7 194 162 7 325
Cherokee 85 1 43 41 2 64
Chester 49 2 28 19 2 43
Chesterfield 68 4 45 19 4 93
Clarendon 41 0 24 17 0 47
Colleton 59 3 35 21 3 49
Darlington 112 2 66 44 3 107
Dillon 65 3 40 22 3 66
Dorchester 92 3 46 43 4 84
Edgefield 19 2 4 13 2 7
Fairfield 37 0 27 10 0 50
Florence 190 3 101 86 3 176
Georgetown 78 1 45 32 1 64
Greenville 481 16 219 246 17 334
Greenwood 80 0 45 35 0 53
Hampton 17 0 5 12 0 8
Horry 295 5 152 138 5 253
Jasper 38 1 14 23 1 18
Kershaw 66 0 36 30 0 49
Lancaster 97 6 55 36 7 81
Laurens 101 2 55 44 3 78
Lee 27 1 13 13 1 24
Lexington 206 8 108 90 8 156
McCormick 12 0 6 6 0 10
Marion 44 2 30 12 2 66
Marlboro 38 2 26 10 2 48
Newberry 28 4 14 10 5 24
Oconee 56 0 39 17 0 58
Orangeburg 95 2 51 42 2 93
Pickens 102 1 52 49 1 82
Richland 282 5 128 149 7 213
Saluda 14 0 11 3 0 17
Spartanburg 360 4 186 170 4 298
Sumter 108 3 49 56 3 73
Union 44 3 21 20 4 41
Williamsburg 63 8 35 20 8 75
York 216 6 127 83 7 177
STATE TOTAL 4,760 138 2,495 2,127 152 4,026
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, 1997 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, "1997 S.C. Traffic Collision Fact Book," p.79.
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