Unfortunately, DUI accidents are common in South Carolina. Of course, many of these accidents are also avoidable.
According to the 2020 South Carolina Traffic Collision Fact Book, one person was killed in a DUI collision every 27.9 hours. More non-fatal DUI collisions also happened in Greenville than in any other county in the state. In 2020, 620 non-fatal incidents occurred in Greenville. To put that into context, the average number of DUI collisions across all counties was just 116.5 (based on 5,362 total collisions across 46 counties).