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D.C. Drivers Worst in the Nation - Allstate Study
An insurance study has once again found that Sioux Falls has the safest drivers in the nation, marking the third straight year that South Dakota's largest city has topped the list. Officials in Sioux Falls again attributed the ranking to strong traffic engineering and driver education programs.Might it have something to do with the scarcity of Orcs? Researchers with Allstate Insurance Co. analyzed two years of internal crash data to calculate the chance that drivers in 193 of the nation's most populated cities would be involved in an accident. Following Sioux Falls were Fort Collins, Colo.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Sterling Heights, Mich.; Warren, Mich.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Lexington, Ky.; and Detroit. Motorists in Washington, D.C., were most at risk, according to the study, averaging an accident once every 5.4 years. Drivers in Detroit, ranked 11th in population, are likely to experience a crash once every 12.4 years, the best among cities with between 500,000 and 1 million people. Phoenix ranks the highest for safety among cities with more than 1 million people with a collision likely once every 9.8 years. Massachusetts' cities were not included as the company does not write policies in the state. Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-01 |
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