Yikes! Boston Drivers Bottom Of The Barrel Again Says Allstate

Allstate has just published its 2017 Best Drivers Report® in time for Summer

Bad news again for the Bay State. Allstate has just published its 13th Annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report” and the results do not bode well. This year, all three of Massachusetts largest cities: Boston, Worcester and Springfield, had the distinction in coming in at the bottom of the list.

In ranking the cities, the insurer took a look at all types of data when compiling a city’s rank including population density and precipitation. This is also the third year in a row that the insurer analyzed the correlation between collisions and hard-braking events using proprietary data collected from its Allstate Drivewise technology. The report which came out just before the 4th of July holiday, was issued along with the insurer’s new safe-driving campaign to increase awareness about safe driving in particular during the summer months of July and August, which are two of the deadliest month on the road.

“The America’s Best Drivers Report furthers Allstate’s commitment to public safety in communities nationwide, where we advocate for smart, focused driving habits that can help reduce collisions and save lives,” said Glenn Shapiro, Allstate’s executive vice president of claims. “We congratulate the drivers in cities that top this year’s report. Heading into the holiday weekend, we urge everyone to make safety their number one priority whenever they’re behind the wheel.”

Kansas City is in the top spot; Boston is not

Based on all of the data collected and analyzed by Allstate, Kansas City, Kansas ranks as the safest-driving city in the U.S this year. As a result, a driver in Kansas City is approximately 32 percent less likely to experience a collision as opposed to the average driver in the U.S. After Kansas City, the following cities fill out the top 10 safest cities to drive in:

Kansas City, KS (1)
Brownsville, TX (2)
Madison, WI (3)
Huntsville, AL (4)
Cape Coral, FL (5)
Boise, ID (6)
Laredo, TX (7)
Port Saint Lucie, FL (8)
McAllen, TX (9)
Olathe, KS (10)

On the other end of the spectrum lies Boston, which ranked number 200 out of 200, or in other words, dead last. So while in Kansas City a driver is 32 percent less likely to experience a collision, a driver based in Boston, is 179.6% more likely to experience a collision as opposed to the average U.S. driver. And while Boston occupied the last position in the list, both Worcester and Springfield also came in at the bottom at numbers 198 and 196 respectively. Rounding out the bottom ten of the 200 city list are the following cities: