FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 20, 2007

Contact: Sid Gaulden, 803-896-8409

 

FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FOURTEEN KILLED 

ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS, AUGUST 17-19, 2007

           

COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of fourteen (14) people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, August 17, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, August 19, at midnight.

 

As of August 19, 2007, 694 people died on South Carolina highways, compared to 632 in 2006. Of the 526 motor vehicle occupants who died in 2007, 315 were not wearing seat belts. These are preliminary numbers and are subject to change.

 

Interstates

 0

US routes, SC routes and secondary roads

 14

Seat belt used

 3  

Seat belt not used

 8

Seat belt unknown

 1

Seat belt not applicable

 2 (1 motorcyclist, 1 pedestrian)

 

Editor’s note: These numbers are preliminary and are based on fatal collisions reported to the South Carolina Highway Patrol and by the media as of August 19, 2007. For specific details on fatalities, including locations, you may access them at https://www.schponline.com/Media/Fatalities.asp. This site is for media use only. Please do not publicize this site because the information is preliminary and is meant to be used as a guide. For confirmation on fatality information, please contact the county coroner’s office.

 

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SOUTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC FATALITIES

 

 

 

 

 JANUARY 1 THROUGH AUGUST 19

 

 

2007*

 

2006*

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALTIES

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALTIES

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALITIES

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALITIES

 

 

ABBEVILLE

4

 

ABBEVILLE

6

 

ABBEVILLE

1

 

ABBEVILLE

2

 

 

AIKEN

28

 

AIKEN

19

 

AIKEN

15

 

AIKEN

22

 

 

ALLENDALE

0

 

ALLENDALE

2

 

ALLENDALE

1

 

ALLENDALE

1

 

 

ANDERSON

37

 

ANDERSON

34

 

ANDERSON

22

 

ANDERSON

27

 

 

BAMBERG

3

 

BAMBERG

3

 

BAMBERG

5

 

BAMBERG

6

 

 

BARNWELL

7

 

BARNWELL

1

 

BARNWELL

7

 

BARNWELL

7

 

 

BEAUFORT

9

 

BEAUFORT

12

 

BEAUFORT

12

 

BEAUFORT

21

 

 

BERKELEY

15

 

BERKELEY

24

 

BERKELEY

39

 

BERKELEY

15

 

 

CALHOUN

7

 

CALHOUN

10

 

CALHOUN

8

 

CALHOUN

8

 

 

CHARLESTON

40

 

CHARLESTON

41

 

CHARLESTON

30

 

CHARLESTON

46

 

 

CHEROKEE

7

 

CHEROKEE

2

 

CHEROKEE

16

 

CHEROKEE

13

 

 

CHESTER

11

 

CHESTER

3

 

CHESTER

9

 

CHESTER

9

 

 

CHESTERFIELD

4

 

CHESTERFIELD

7

 

CHESTERFIELD

12

 

CHESTERFIELD

10

 

 

CLARENDON

8

 

CLARENDON

15

 

CLARENDON

10

 

CLARENDON

9

 

 

COLLETON

11

 

COLLETON

8

 

COLLETON

17

 

COLLETON

24

 

 

DARLINGTON

14

 

DARLINGTON

14

 

DARLINGTON

11

 

DARLINGTON

14

 

 

DILLON

6

 

DILLON

7

 

DILLON

7

 

DILLON

13

 

 

DORCHESTER

16

 

DORCHESTER

14

 

DORCHESTER

17

 

DORCHESTER

14

 

 

EDGEFIELD

4

 

EDGEFIELD

6

 

EDGEFIELD

2

 

EDGEFIELD

4

 

 

FAIRFIELD

13

 

FAIRFIELD

1

 

FAIRFIELD

10

 

FAIRFIELD

10

 

 

FLORENCE

18

 

FLORENCE

27

 

FLORENCE

24

 

FLORENCE

21

 

 

GEORGETOWN

17

 

GEORGETOWN

8

 

GEORGETOWN