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Report: South Carolina Ranks as Tenth Most Dangerous State for Drivers
A personal injury and consumer rights law firm today released its report on the Most Dangerous State for Drivers and South Carolina ranked as being the 10th most dangerous state in the country.
The research by the Agruss Law Firm studied data over 10 years from National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to see which states had the highest percentage of driver deaths compared to state population.
The Palmetto State has a rate of 93.47 deaths per 100,000 people, which is 76% greater than the national average. The number of deaths each year in South Carolina was on a general decline, reaching a low of 396 deaths in 2013. Fatalities spiked to 498 in 2015, which continued to rise to 563 in 2018. Deaths have lowered to 514 in 2019, however they remain above average levels.
You can see the ten most dangerous states for drivers below:
| Rank | State | Driver deaths per 100,000 | Total driver deaths (10 years) | Population |
| 1 | Mississippi | 136.7 | 4,052 | 2,963,914 |
| 2 | Wyoming | 126.87 | 733 | 577,737 |
| 3 | Alabama | 112.77 | 5,512 | 4,887,871 |
| 4 | Montana | 108.82 | 1,156 | 1,062,305 |
| 5 | Arkansas | 103.89 | 3,131 | 3,013,825 |
| 6 | North Dakota | 103.54 | 787 | 760,077 |
| 7 | West Virginia | 102.61 | 1,853 | 1,805,832 |
| 8 | Kentucky | 96.66 | 4,319 | 4,468,402 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | 96.17 | 3,792 | 3,943,079 |
| 10 | South Carolina | 93.47 | 4,752 | 5,084,127 |
You can see the full dataset here (Excel document). The data was sourced from NHTSA here.
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