Twenty people were killed in traffic crashes across Beaufort County last year, including six pedestrians, two bicyclists and two motorcyclists.
Nearly a third of the year’s fatal collisions happened on U.S. 21 in northern Beaufort County. Other hotspots included north-end Hilton Head Island, S.C. 170 (Okatie Highway) and U.S. 278 (Fording Island Road) in the Bluffton area.
The 2025 numbers represent a 23% decrease from 2024, when vehicle collisions claimed 26 lives in Beaufort County. Contributing to that year’s uptick was a five-vehicle crash in May 2024 that left five people dead on St. Helena Island…