16-14. SC Total Traffic Accidents and Fatalities and Percent with a Probable Cause of
Alcohol or Drugs by County: 1997
ACCIDENTS FATALITIES
ALCOHOL OR DRUGS ALCOHOL OR DRUGS
PROBABLE CAUSE PROBABLE CAUSE
COUNTY TOTAL NUMBER PERCENT TOTAL NUMBER PERCENT
Abbeville 423 25 5.9 6 0 0.0
Aiken 3,145 163 5.2 20 5 25.0
Allendale 182 13 7.1 6 2 0.0
Anderson 3,978 158 4.0 30 5 16.7
Bamberg 290 28 9.7 4 2 50.0
Barnwell 343 15 4.4 6 2 0.0
Beaufort 2,574 104 4.0 19 3 15.8
Berkeley 2,568 113 4.4 43 8 18.6
Calhoun 239 13 5.4 2 1 50.0
Charleston 10,072 363 3.6 36 7 19.4
Cherokee 1,321 85 6.4 11 1 9.1
Chester 777 49 6.3 6 2 33.3
Chesterfield 820 68 8.3 16 4 25.0
Clarendon 648 41 6.3 10 0 0.0
Colleton 1,040 59 5.7 13 3 23.1
Darlington 1,482 112 7.6 18 2 11.1
Dillon 945 65 6.9 11 3 27.3
Dorchester 1,976 92 4.7 14 3 21.4
Edgefield 407 19 4.7 4 2 50.0
Fairfield 657 37 5.6 4 0 0.0
Florence 3,881 190 4.9 38 3 7.9
Georgetown 1,328 78 5.9 18 1 5.6
Greenville 11,783 481 4.1 82 16 19.5
Greenwood 1,892 80 4.2 13 0 0.0
Hampton 349 17 4.9 1 0 0.0
Horry 7,143 295 4.1 44 5 11.4
Jasper 717 38 5.3 15 1 6.7
Kershaw 1,262 66 5.2 11 0 0.0
Lancaster 1,421 97 6.8 11 6 54.5
Laurens 1,581 101 6.4 11 2 18.2
Lee 442 27 6.1 7 1 14.3
Lexington 4,919 206 4.2 34 8 23.5
McCormick 199 12 6.0 4 0 0.0
Marion 915 44 4.8 4 2 50.0
Marlboro 600 38 6.3 8 2 25.0
Newberry 777 28 3.6 9 4 44.4
Oconee 1,251 56 4.5 12 0 0.0
Orangeburg 2,407 95 3.9 24 2 8.3
Pickens 2,156 102 4.7 12 1 8.3
Richland 9,108 282 3.1 34 5 14.7
Saluda 426 14 3.3 4 0 0.0
Spartanburg 6,435 360 5.6 53 4 7.5
Sumter 2,393 108 4.5 22 3 13.6
Union 641 44 6.9 8 3 37.5
Williamsburg 776 63 8.1 23 8 34.8
York 3,537 216 6.1 17 6 35.3
STATE TOTAL 102,226 4,760 4.7 798 138 17.3
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 Public Safety, "1997 S.C. Traffic Accident Fact Book," pp. 79 & 85.
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