REGISTRATION FIGURES
Pass. and truck 1900-75 on file. All agree.
Totals 1917-70 in JUN 1985 ALPCA. None agree. 1918, 1920 includes
motorcycle.
PASSENGER TRUCK TRAILER M/C DEALER DEMO. REPLACE.
1917 38,322 - - 1,210 642 -
1918 55,942 - - 1,147 2,930 -
1919 70,143 - - 860 1,293 -
1920 93,843 - - 908 1,541 -
1921 83,349 7,197 59 756 669 2,556 1,861
1922 88,400 7,578 75 605 466 1,931
1923 116,537 12,119 455 561 545 884
1924 147,530 15,852 743 477 593 1,148
1925 154,383 16,265 824 224 535 1,305
1926 163,368 17,599 1,006 270 519 1,317 1,493
1927 179,568 20,061 1,385 401 508 1,418 2,542
1928 194,267 22,538 1,637 432 658 1,175
1929 205,683 25,591 2,048 451 625 1,291 1,819
GOVT. HWY.DEPT. M/C DLR,
1929 1,865 1,152 3
Source: Annual Reports, South Carolina State Highway Department, 1917-29.
PASSENGER TRUCK TRAILER M/C DEALER
1930 195,405 26,261 2,111 559 595
1931 180,100 23,439 2,100 402 537
1932 157,680 19,567 2,041 487 476
1933 145,644 17,795 1,764 444 469
1934 APR 89,830 - - - -
1934 182,052 20,877 1,919 560 522
1935 APR 97,743 - - -
1935 206,158 29,761 2,759 762 604
1936 APR 142,000 - - -
1936 217,690 30,492 3,091 617 598
1937 239,793 39,835 3,674 897 719
1938 238,168 44,073 5,509 1,021 759
1939 256,901 43,408 5,536 948 859
1940 274,051 39,970 4,299 929 997
1941 314,079 49,739 6,087 999 1,232
1942 294,412 48,341 5,804 999 1,180
1943 285,414 49,257 5,415 1,791 1,063
1944 280,353 49,517 5,294 1,870 1,330
1945 278,650 52,230 5,701 2,112 798
1946 301,971 68,506 7,484 3,259 1,305
1947 331,908 85,376 9,595 5,753 1,509
1948 360,835 97,512 10,436 7,517 1,610
1949 398,659 106,773 11,257 7,424 1,529
1950 449,524 115,823 11,338 6,509 1,451
1951 485,105 123,831 13,303 5,729 1,559
1952 529,330 128,638 14,320 5,529 1,792
1953 557,080 135,061 15,889 5,266 1,879
1954 566,714 127,300 12,177 5,071 1,930
1955 613,461 131,909 12,640 5,048 2,637
1956 638,083 137,073 12,981 5,059 3,100
1957 659,359 140,952 13,814 5,877 3,419
1958 672,087 144,462 13,935 6,233 2,748
1959 706,794 151,565 14,868 6,836 2,974
1960 730,669 150,295 15,744 7,082 2,889
1961 719,921 148,554 15,155 4,229 2,946
1962 742,198 152,242 16,029 4,630 3,252
1963 782,899 159,013 17,019 4,827 2,961
1964 823,355 166,367 18,184 5,218 2,581
1965 866,288 175,648 19,863 7,609 2,589
1966 914,824 186,978 22,355 11,248 2,556
1967 936,702 195,959 25,140 11,945 2,421
1968 983,489 209,119 28,483 12,143 2,445
1969 1,025,994 214,447 31,672 12,924 2,558
1970 1,069,507 227,588 36,448 15,633 2,585
FROM U.S. DOT:
PASSENGER TRUCK M/C
1971 1,119,200 255,239 19,053
1972 1,202,961 285,704 26,079
1973 1,280,116 312,091 39,888
1974 1,334,366 327,536 56,706
1975 1,400,479 362,558 40,926
1976 1,402,938 356,910 45,801
1977 1,462,028 385,143 41,293
1978 1,503,313 409,947 35,411
1979 1,522,385 441,039 37,450
1980 1,533,081 451,888 38,994
1981 1,499,066 459,998 42,402
1982 1,518,689 444,376 35,168
1983 1,578,316 467,402 26,284
1984 1,626,800 488,959 37,264
1985 1,710,770 497,744 37,524
1986 1,767,958 522,890 36,234
1987 1,801,514 550,997 32,867
1988 1,809,288 590,935 31,653
1989 1,825,076 630,011 30,140
1990 1,818,744 687,164 31,087
1991 1,712,422 744,833 29,406
1992 1,740,272 846,297 32,595
1993 1,773,357 895,867 33,620
1994 1,760,073 968,035 34,333
1995 1,812,178 1,006,165 34,570
HALF-YEAR PLATES: 1952 1953
Truck 11,533 11,635
Trailer 3,901 4,287
Bus 582 569
REGISTRATION FIGURES FOR ALL CATEGORIES, 1969:
Passenger A 51,024 Common Carrier Taxi
B 60,319 B 13
C 144,775 C 82
D 289,824 D 902
E 329,393 E 629
F 117,657 F 37
G 21,320 G 18
TOTAL 1,014,312 TOTAL 1,681
Truck H 152,338
Truck P-1 5,494 P-8 2,614 P-15 1,164 P-22 1,019
P-2 5,393 P-9 1,328 P-16 1,083 P-23 859
P-3 7,108 P-10 901 P-17 491 P-24 473
P-4 4,244 P-11 98 P-18 942 P-25 429
P-5 3,633 P-12 515 P-19 167 P-26 227
P-6 3,091 P-13 151 P-20 1,819 P-27 1,126
P-7 2,144 P-14 269 P-21 425 TOTAL 47,207
Amateur Radio 622 County Government Annual 1,072
Amateur Radio M/C 1 Municipal Government Annual 910
Antique Auto 98 State Government Annual 2,187
Camper Trailer 7,099
Common Carrier Bus 487 County Government Permanent 453
Dealer 12,696 Municipal Government Permanent 285
Disabled 18 State Government Permanent 1,285
Disabled Veteran 424
Farm Truck 6 Tons 9,082
Farm Truck 8 Tons 1,953
House Trailer 1,666
House Tlr. Transporter 611
M/C 12,923
M/C Dealer 57
National Guard 2,510
Official* 173 *assumed to include Governor,
Private Bus 989 Lt. Governor, State Legislator,
Rescue 37 State Senator, U.S. Congress,
Special Mobile Equip. 2,375 U.S. Senate.
Trailer 17,614
Utility Trailer 5,236
Source: Annual Report, South Carolina State Highway Department, 1969.
