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SCDPS Reports Seven Killed On South Carolina Roads April 27 – April 29, 2018

Mon, 04/30/2018

Columbia – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of seven persons killed on South Carolina roadways from Friday, April 27, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m.

Interstates

1

US routes, SC roads and secondary roads

6

County roads

0

Seat belt used

1

Seat belt not used

4

Seat belt unknown

0

Seat belt not applicable

2    (2 motorcyclists - neither helmeted)

As of April 29, 276 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 328 highway deaths during the same time period in 2017.

Of the 207 motor vehicle occupants who have died in 2018, 106 were not wearing seat belts. 

Through April 29, 38 pedestrians have died compared to 50 in 2017; 23 motorcyclists have died compared to 35 in 2017; and five bicyclists have died compared to seven in 2017 on state roads and highways. 

Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions compiled by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety as of 11:59 p.m. April 29, 2018.

South Carolina Traffic Fatalities January 1 Through April 29

2018*

 

2017*

 

2016

 

2015

County Name

Fatalities

 

County Name

Fatalities

 

County Name

Fatalities

 

County Name

Fatalities

Abbeville

0

 

Abbeville

3

 

Abbeville

3

 

Abbeville

2

Aiken

7

 

Aiken

11

 

Aiken

14

 

Aiken

11

Allendale

1

 

Allendale

4

 

Allendale

1

 

Allendale

1

Anderson

12

 

Anderson

16

 

Anderson

17

 

Anderson

11

Bamberg

0

 

Bamberg

2

 

Bamberg

1

 

Bamberg

1

Barnwell

1

 

Barnwell

3

 

Barnwell

2

 

Barnwell

2

Beaufort

4

 

Beaufort

7

 

Beaufort

10

 

Beaufort

6

Berkeley

9

 

Berkeley

9

 

Berkeley

13

 

Berkeley

15

Calhoun

1

 

Calhoun

1

 

Calhoun

1

 

Calhoun

7

Charleston

23

 

Charleston

25

 

Charleston

10

 

Charleston

23

Cherokee

5

 

Cherokee

7

 

Cherokee

1

 

Cherokee

5

Chester

3

 

Chester

9

 

Chester

7

 

Chester

6

Chesterfield

2

 

Chesterfield

4

 

Chesterfield

3

 

Chesterfield

3

Clarendon

2

 

Clarendon

6

 

Clarendon

4

 

Clarendon

2

Colleton

9

 

Colleton

6

 

Colleton

5

 

Colleton

6

Darlington

8

 

Darlington

7

 

Darlington

9

 

Darlington

7

Dillon

1

 

Dillon

4

 

Dillon

3

 

Dillon

1

Dorchester

10

 

Dorchester

6

 

Dorchester

3

 

Dorchester

9

Edgefield

3

 

Edgefield

2

 

Edgefield

1

 

Edgefield

0

Fairfield

4

 

Fairfield

4

 

Fairfield

3

 

Fairfield

2

Florence

10

 

Florence

10

 

Florence

8

 

Florence

10

Georgetown

2

 

Georgetown

7

 

Georgetown

1

 

Georgetown

5

Greenville

20

 

Greenville

20

 

Greenville

27

 

Greenville

22

Greenwood

3

 

Greenwood

4

 

Greenwood

3

 

Greenwood

4

Hampton

0

 

Hampton

1

 

Hampton

0

 

Hampton

2

Horry

12

 

Horry

19

 

Horry

20

 

Horry

21

Jasper

3

 

Jasper

2

 

Jasper

8

 

Jasper

7

Kershaw

2

 

Kershaw

7

 

Kershaw

4

 

Kershaw

3

Lancaster

1

 

Lancaster

5

 

Lancaster

7

 

Lancaster

5

Laurens

10

 

Laurens

16

 

Laurens

5

 

Laurens

9

Lee

1

 

Lee

3

 

Lee

2

 

Lee

3

Lexington

24

 

Lexington

14

 

Lexington

14

 

Lexington

11

Mccormick

0

 

Mccormick

0

 

Mccormick

1

 

Mccormick

1

Marion

2

 

Marion

5

 

Marion

2

 

Marion

2

Marlboro

1

 

Marlboro

0

 

Marlboro

3

 

Marlboro

2

Newberry

3

 

Newberry

4

 

Newberry

1

 

Newberry

2

Oconee

4

 

Oconee

5

 

Oconee

6

 

Oconee

5

Orangeburg

6

 

Orangeburg

12

 

Orangeburg

9

 

Orangeburg

12

Pickens

3

 

Pickens

7

 

Pickens

4

 

Pickens

4

Richland

18

 

Richland

17

 

Richland

19

 

Richland

10

Saluda

1

 

Saluda

2

 

Saluda

0

 

Saluda

0

Spartanburg

25

 

Spartanburg

12

 

Spartanburg

20

 

Spartanburg

28

Sumter

4

 

Sumter

7

 

Sumter

7

 

Sumter

5

Union

0

 

Union

1

 

Union

3

 

Union

1

Williamsburg

8

 

Williamsburg

5

 

Williamsburg

4

 

Williamsburg

3

York

8

 

York

7

 

York

15

 

York

8

Total

276

 

Total

328

 

Total

304

 

Total

305

NOTE: The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigated 243 of the 276 traffic fatalities in 2018.
*2017 and 2018  Figures are Preliminary


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