SC Total Traffic Accidents and Fatalities and Percent with a Probable Cause of Alcohol or Drugs by County: 1997

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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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