Ask just about anyone who has ever been behind the wheel, and they will probably tell you that they are the safest driver on the road, and that guy in the next lane is probably the worst. Statistics, and common sense, prove that is not true.
Allstate Insurance has just released their tenth annual Best Driver Report. In reviewing millions of claims, and taking into account city density, population and weather, researchers compiled a comprehensive list of cities that hold the country’s best and worst drivers.
According to the Good Hands people, drivers Ft. Collins, Colorado are the best in the country are the best in the country – 29.6% less likely to be involved in an accident than the national average.
Other cities in the top five were Brownsville, Texas; Boise, Idaho; Kansas City, Kansas; and Huntsville, Alabama.
Most likely to be in a wreck were drivers in Worcester, Massachusetts, who are involved in a collision, on average, once every 4.3 years. Boston isn’t far behind its neighbor to the north. It’s the most densely populated city in the Top 5, and motorists there are involved in a collision on average once every 4.4 years. Washington D.C. follows behind Boston, and all of the worst five are older cities on the East Coast.
The frequency of crashes doesn’t necessarily correlate with danger. Drivers in Washington D.C. had a fatality rate of 2.37 deaths per 100,000 people, and that’s the safest rate in the nation.
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