Charleston在2025年升至美国第10大危险城市, 因为交通事故死亡率高、超速和驾驶不便, Charleston rose to 10th most dangerous U.S. city for drivers in 2025 due to high traffic fatalities, speeding, and impaired driving.

在2025年消费者论坛报告中,查尔斯顿在美国驾驶员中排名第10位,从2024年的第133位上升到第10位,到10月每100 000名居民中有23名交通事故死亡,高于全国平均水平,每100 000名居民中有15.13名乘客死亡。 Charleston ranked 10th most dangerous city for drivers in the U.S. in a 2025 ConsumerAffairs report, up from 133rd in 2024, with 23 traffic fatalities through October—15.13 per 100,000 residents, above the national average. 超速是死亡的一半,每100 000人中与速度有关的死亡人数为8.55人,是全国死亡率的两倍以上。 Speeding was a factor in half the deaths, with 8.55 speed-related fatalities per 100,000, more than double the national rate. 酗酒驾驶导致5人死亡,每10万人3.29人,远远高于全国平均水平。 Alcohol-impaired driving contributed to five deaths, at 3.29 per 100,000, well above the national average. 南卡罗来纳州每年有超过20,000起撞车事件与分心驾驶有关,促使新的无手法于2025年9月生效。 Over 20,000 crashes annually in South Carolina are linked to distracted driving, prompting a new hands-free law effective September 2025. 在全国,诺克斯维尔和孟菲斯也名列前十。 Nationally, Knoxville and Memphis also ranked in the top 10. 报告强调,改善安全需要改变驾驶者的行为,而不仅仅是执法或基础设施。 The report stresses that improving safety requires changes in driver behavior, not just enforcement or infrastructure.