Thursday, July 9, 2009

America's best drivers - Are you on the list?

The fifth annual Allstate America's Best Drivers Report, released today by the insurance company, "ranks America's 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers" in comparison with national averages, and also spotlights cities with the largest marked improvements in driver safety.

Here's a closer look at Allstate's rankings of cities with the safest drivers:
• Alexandria, Virginia was ranked "America's Most Improved Driving City" by Allstate. The average driver in Alexandria will have one car crash every 7.2 years, up from one every 5.4 years, according to the insurer.
• Sioux Falls, S.D. was ranked as the overall safest driving city in the U.S., with a collision likelihood 26.1 percent lower than the national average.
• Rounding out the overall top five of safest driving city (after Sioux Falls) were Fort Collins, CO; Chattanooga, TN; Cedar Rapids, IA; and Knoxville, TN.
• Phoenix, AZ was ranked as the safest of all U.S. cities with a population over one million, with an average of 9.2 years between collisions per driver.

Read the complete release from Allstate

No comments: