Traffic Accidents With A Probable Cause of Alcohol Or Drugs by County: 1997

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16-13. Traffic Accidents With A Probable Cause of Alcohol Or Drugs by County: 1997

                              ACCIDENTS                      PERSONS

                                              PROPERTY
 COUNTY          TOTAL    FATAL    INJURY      DAMAGE    KILLED    INJURED

 Abbeville         25       0        16           9         0         19
 Aiken            163       5        79          79         7        122
 Allendale         13       2         7           4         2         21
 Anderson         158       5        86          67         5        125
 Bamberg           28       2        14          12         3         20

 Barnwell          15       2         6           7         2          8
 Beaufort         104       3        42          59         3         72
 Berkeley         113       8        63          42         8        118
 Calhoun           13       1         7           5         1         17
 Charleston       363       7       194         162         7        325

 Cherokee          85       1        43          41         2         64
 Chester           49       2        28          19         2         43
 Chesterfield      68       4        45          19         4         93
 Clarendon         41       0        24          17         0         47
 Colleton          59       3        35          21         3         49

 Darlington       112       2        66          44         3        107
 Dillon            65       3        40          22         3         66
 Dorchester        92       3        46          43         4         84
 Edgefield         19       2         4          13         2          7
 Fairfield         37       0        27          10         0         50

 Florence         190       3       101          86         3        176
 Georgetown        78       1        45          32         1         64
 Greenville       481      16       219         246        17        334
 Greenwood         80       0        45          35         0         53
 Hampton           17       0         5          12         0          8

 Horry            295       5       152         138         5        253
 Jasper            38       1        14          23         1         18
 Kershaw           66       0        36          30         0         49
 Lancaster         97       6        55          36         7         81
 Laurens          101       2        55          44         3         78

 Lee               27       1        13          13         1         24
 Lexington        206       8       108          90         8        156
 McCormick         12       0         6           6         0         10
 Marion            44       2        30          12         2         66
 Marlboro          38       2        26          10         2         48

 Newberry          28       4        14          10         5         24
 Oconee            56       0        39          17         0         58
 Orangeburg        95       2        51          42         2         93
 Pickens          102       1        52          49         1         82
 Richland         282       5       128         149         7        213

 Saluda            14       0        11           3         0         17
 Spartanburg      360       4       186         170         4        298
 Sumter           108       3        49          56         3         73
 Union             44       3        21          20         4         41
 Williamsburg      63       8        35          20         8         75
 York             216       6       127          83         7        177

 STATE TOTAL    4,760     138     2,495       2,127       152      4,026

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 of Public Safety, "1997 S.C. Traffic Collision Fact Book," p.79.

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