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SCDPS Reports Three Killed on South Carolina Roadways July 6 - July 8, 2018

Mon, 07/09/2018

Columbia – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of three persons killed on South Carolina roadways from Friday, July 6, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, July 8, at 11:59 p.m.

Interstates

0

US routes, SC roads and secondary roads

3

County roads

0

Seat belt used

0

Seat belt not used

1

Seat belt unknown

0

Seat belt not applicable

2 – 1 bicyclist (no helmet) and 1 motorcyclist (no helmet)

As of July 8, 494 people have died on South Carolina highways, compared to 535 highway deaths during the same time period in 2017.

Of the 350 motor vehicle occupants who have died in 2018, 176 were not wearing seat belts.

Through July 8, 69 pedestrians have died compared to 75 in 2017; 51 motorcyclists have died compared to 55 in 2017; and nine bicyclists have died compared to nine 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. July 8, 2018. 

South Carolina Traffic Fatalities January 1 Through July 8

2018*

 

2017*

 

2016

 

2015

County Name

Fatalities

 

County Name

Fatalities

 

County Name

Fatalities

 

County Name

Fatalities

Abbeville

2

 

Abbeville

5

 

Abbeville

3

 

Abbeville

4

Aiken

12

 

Aiken

17

 

Aiken

17

 

Aiken

16

Allendale

1

 

Allendale

4

 

Allendale

1

 

Allendale

2

Anderson

24

 

Anderson

23

 

Anderson

28

 

Anderson

15

Bamberg

0

 

Bamberg

2

 

Bamberg

2

 

Bamberg

1

Barnwell

1

 

Barnwell

6

 

Barnwell

3

 

Barnwell

4

Beaufort

6

 

Beaufort

15

 

Beaufort

15

 

Beaufort

8

Berkeley

16

 

Berkeley

18

 

Berkeley

20

 

Berkeley

19

Calhoun

5

 

Calhoun

2

 

Calhoun

4

 

Calhoun

8

Charleston

32

 

Charleston

43

 

Charleston

22

 

Charleston

32

Cherokee

11

 

Cherokee

10

 

Cherokee

3

 

Cherokee

11

Chester

5

 

Chester

13

 

Chester

8

 

Chester

8

Chesterfield

6

 

Chesterfield

6

 

Chesterfield

5

 

Chesterfield

8

Clarendon

6

 

Clarendon

12

 

Clarendon

10

 

Clarendon

5

Colleton

10

 

Colleton

9

 

Colleton

7

 

Colleton

10

Darlington

11

 

Darlington

11

 

Darlington

15

 

Darlington

13

Dillon

4

 

Dillon

7

 

Dillon

4

 

Dillon

2

Dorchester

13

 

Dorchester

8

 

Dorchester

14

 

Dorchester

14

Edgefield

5

 

Edgefield

2

 

Edgefield

1

 

Edgefield

0

Fairfield

4

 

Fairfield

5

 

Fairfield

5

 

Fairfield

3

Florence

21

 

Florence

18

 

Florence

14

 

Florence

15

Georgetown

5

 

Georgetown

10

 

Georgetown

4

 

Georgetown

8

Greenville

31

 

Greenville

32

 

Greenville

42

 

Greenville

40

Greenwood

9

 

Greenwood

7

 

Greenwood

6

 

Greenwood

7

Hampton

1

 

Hampton

2

 

Hampton

1

 

Hampton

2

Horry

31

 

Horry

35

 

Horry

42

 

Horry

43

Jasper

5

 

Jasper

5

 

Jasper

16

 

Jasper

7

Kershaw

8

 

Kershaw

9

 

Kershaw

9

 

Kershaw

4

Lancaster

3

 

Lancaster

7

 

Lancaster

10

 

Lancaster

8

Laurens

19

 

Laurens

20

 

Laurens

7

 

Laurens

13

Lee

1

 

Lee

3

 

Lee

4

 

Lee

4

Lexington

43

 

Lexington

24

 

Lexington

24

 

Lexington

20

Mccormick

1

 

Mccormick

2

 

Mccormick

3

 

Mccormick

2

Marion

3

 

Marion

5

 

Marion

4

 

Marion

8

Marlboro

3

 

Marlboro

2

 

Marlboro

3

 

Marlboro

3

Newberry

6

 

Newberry

4

 

Newberry

2

 

Newberry

4

Oconee

10

 

Oconee

8

 

Oconee

7

 

Oconee

9

Orangeburg

19

 

Orangeburg

17

 

Orangeburg

16

 

Orangeburg

16

Pickens

7

 

Pickens

13

 

Pickens

10

 

Pickens

6

Richland

25

 

Richland

28

 

Richland

33

 

Richland

20

Saluda

1

 

Saluda

5

 

Saluda

0

 

Saluda

0

Spartanburg

36

 

Spartanburg

25

 

Spartanburg

27

 

Spartanburg

38

Sumter

10

 

Sumter

12

 

Sumter

7

 

Sumter

7

Union

0

 

Union

3

 

Union

4

 

Union

2

Williamsburg

8

 

Williamsburg

9

 

Williamsburg

10

 

Williamsburg

6

York

14

 

York

12

 

York

22

 

York

9

Total

494

 

Total

535

 

Total

514

 

Total

484

 

NOTE: The South Carolina Highway Patrol investigated 424 of the 494 traffic fatalities in 2018.
*2017 and 2018  Figures are Preliminary


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