Fewer people died on South Carolina roadways during the Labor Day weekend, compared with a year earlier, the state Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday.

Seven people died, including two motorcyclists in separate collisions, compared with 11 people during the same three-day holiday weekend.

The Associated Press tracks fatalities from 6 p.m. Friday through midnight Labor Day.

Those killed this weekend were:

_ Harry Crawford, 59, of Goose Creek, who died Monday after he was thrown off his motorcycle on state Highway 267 in Orangeburg County, said Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Dwight Green.

_ Latoya Davis, 20, of Sumter County, who died after she was ejected from the vehicle she was riding in Monday when the driver swerved to avoid an animal on a secondary road in Sumter County, said Coroner Verna Moore.

_ James Griffin, 24, of Newberry, who died about 3:30 a.m. Monday after his car hit a guardrail and flipped on Interstate 126 in Columbia, said Richland County Coroner Gary Watts.

_ Mark Middleton, 34, of Columbia, who died Sunday after the motorcycle he was driving collided with a fellow biker on state Highway 6 in Berkeley County, Coroner Glenn Rhoad said.

_ Joan C. Moore, 70, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., who died Sunday afternoon after the car she was riding in collided head-on with another vehicle on U.S. Highway 17, said Colleton County Coroner Richard Harvey.

_ Barry McCants, 47, of Taylors, died from head injuries Sunday, a day after he was riding his bicycle on a secondary road in Greenville and was struck by a car, Greenville County deputy coroner Chris Bryan said.

_ Marion Williams, 34, of Estill, who died at 9:21 p.m. Friday after being involved in a two-car accident on state Highway 3 in Hampton County, Coroner Gordon Rhoden said.

The number of fatalities also have been down for the year, DPS spokesman Sid Gaulden said. As of Monday, the department recorded 587 deaths on state roadways, compared with 678 for the same time a year earlier, he said.

Of the 457 motor vehicle occupants who have died this year, 316 were not wearing seat belts, Gaulden said.