FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 10, 2007

Contact: Sid Gaulden, 803-896-8409

 

FATALITY REPORT: DPS REPORTS FOURTEEN KILLED 

ON SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAYS, DEC. 7-9, 2007

           

COLUMBIA -- The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces a preliminary number of 14 people killed on South Carolina highways from Friday, December 7, at 6 p.m. until Sunday, December 9, at midnight.

 

As of December 9, 2007, 1,007 people died on South Carolina highways, compared to 993 in 2006. Of the 759 motor vehicle occupants who died in 2007, 476 were not wearing seat belts. Through midnight December 9, 2007, 119 motorcyclists, 96 pedestrians and 17 bicyclists have died on state roads and highways. 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

 2

Seat belt not applicable

 1 (motorcyclist)

 

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 December 9, 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.

 

 

SOUTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC FATALITIES

 

 

 

 

 JANUARY 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 9

 

 

2007*

 

2006

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALITIES

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALITIES

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALITIES

 

COUNTY NAME

FATALITIES

 

 

ABBEVILLE

6

 

ABBEVILLE

8

 

ABBEVILLE

4

 

ABBEVILLE

2

 

 

AIKEN

42

 

AIKEN

29

 

AIKEN

22

 

AIKEN

38

 

 

ALLENDALE

1

 

ALLENDALE

4

 

ALLENDALE

1

 

ALLENDALE

2

 

 

ANDERSON

45

 

ANDERSON

42

 

ANDERSON

42

 

ANDERSON

36

 

 

BAMBERG

5

 

BAMBERG

3

 

BAMBERG

5

 

BAMBERG

6

 

 

BARNWELL

9

 

BARNWELL

1

 

BARNWELL

10

 

BARNWELL

9

 

 

BEAUFORT

17

 

BEAUFORT

19

 

BEAUFORT

20

 

BEAUFORT

25

 

 

BERKELEY

26

 

BERKELEY

44

 

BERKELEY

49

 

BERKELEY

30

 

 

CALHOUN

7

 

CALHOUN

13

 

CALHOUN

13

 

CALHOUN

13

 

 

CHARLESTON

58

 

CHARLESTON

58

 

CHARLESTON

42

 

CHARLESTON

60

 

 

CHEROKEE

13

 

CHEROKEE

8

 

CHEROKEE

23

 

CHEROKEE

16

 

 

CHESTER

13

 

CHESTER

7

 

CHESTER

16

 

CHESTER

12

 

 

CHESTERFIELD

6

 

CHESTERFIELD

17

 

CHESTERFIELD

16

 

CHESTERFIELD

17

 

 

CLARENDON

12

 

CLARENDON

28

 

CLARENDON

16

 

CLARENDON

12

 

 

COLLETON

22

 

COLLETON

11

 

COLLETON

23

 

COLLETON

32

 

 

DARLINGTON

19

 

DARLINGTON

25

 

DARLINGTON

16

 

DARLINGTON

20

 

 

DILLON

10

 

DILLON

9

 

DILLON

14

 

DILLON

14

 

 

DORCHESTER

20

 

DORCHESTER

19

 

DORCHESTER

25

 

DORCHESTER

18

 

 

EDGEFIELD

6

 

EDGEFIELD

7

 

EDGEFIELD

6

 

EDGEFIELD

6

 

 

FAIRFIELD

19

 

FAIRFIELD

3

 

FAIRFIELD

16

 

FAIRFIELD

15

 

 

FLORENCE

28

 

FLORENCE

38