TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As the variety of lethal car accidents continues to rise nationwide, a brand new examine has ranked the cities with the worst drivers — and a New Mexico metropolis has topped the listing.
“Albuquerque, New Mexico is the most dangerous city in America to drive in, with high incidents of fatal car accidents, drunk drivers and distracted drivers,” reads the Forbes Advisor report.
Forbes’ Advisor’s analysts say they in contrast the nation’s 50 most populated cities throughout 5 key metrics, together with the variety of deadly automotive crashes involving a drunken or distracted driver.
“Our analysis identifies the cities where drivers engage in the most hazardous behavior that threatens public safety,” the report stated.
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Memphis, Tennessee, and Detroit, Michigan, rounded out the prime three respectively, whereas two cities in Arizona — Tucson and Phoenix — made the prime 10.
Albuquerque has the most deadly distracted-driving accidents, whereas Memphis leads in the variety of deadly drunken-driving crashes, in line with the report.
Below is a have a look at the prime 10 cities with the worst drivers, in line with Forbes.
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Detroit, Michigan
- Tucson, Arizona
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Dallas, Texas
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Tampa, Florida
Conversely, the metropolis with the greatest drivers on the listing was Boston, with three California cities — San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego — making the prime 10.
The prime 10 cities with the greatest drivers, in line with Forbes, are as follows:
- Boston, Massachusetts
- San Francisco, California
- New York, New York
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Washington, D.C.
- Oakland, California
- Raleigh, North Carolina
- San Diego, California
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The report additionally famous how driving habits impacts insurance coverage charges: the extra harmful the reported habits, the extra a driver can anticipate to pay.
“Getting speeding tickets, running red lights, texting while driving and other reckless behaviors all raise your chances of accidents and damage claims,” the report stated. “This makes you a greater liability in the eyes of insurers.”
