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Worst Drivers By State

Zam-Zam

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How does your state stack up?:


Best and Worst Drivers by State: 2024 Report

Key findings
  • Massachusetts has the worst drivers in the U.S. From Nov. 5, 2023, through Nov. 4, 2024, Massachusetts drivers had 61.1 incidents (accidents, DUIs, speeding and citations) per 1,000 drivers. The next worst drivers are in Rhode Island (60.6) and California (55.0).
  • The best drivers in the U.S. are in Arkansas. At just 14.7 incidents per 1,000 drivers, Arkansas has the lowest rate. It’s followed by Michigan (15.3) and Vermont (15.5).
  • Massachusetts also has the highest accident rate. Massachusetts — 44.4 accidents per 1,000 drivers — is the only state above 40.0. Rhode Island and California tie for second at 39.7 each.
  • The District of Columbia and California have the highest DUI rates. The District of Columbia (3.6 DUIs per 1,000 drivers) is just ahead of California (3.5), with North Carolina the next closest (2.9).
  • North Dakota has the highest speeding-related incident rate. North Dakota is the only state with more than 8.0 speeding-related incidents per 1,000 drivers, at 8.1. Iowa (7.3) and Utah (6.2) follow.


Massachusetts
Massachusetts drivers be warned: The Bay State has the worst drivers, with 61.1 incidents per 1,000 drivers from Nov. 5, 2023, through Nov. 4, 2024.

By incident type, Massachusetts has the highest accident rate. At 44.4 accidents per 1,000 drivers, it’s the only state with a rate above 40.0. It also has 2.0 DUIs per 1,000 drivers, tying with Tennessee for the 11th-highest DUI rate.

One good thing for Massachusetts is its speeding-related incident rate. At a rate of just 1.3, it ties with New Jersey for the fifth-lowest speeding-related incident rate.

Rhode Island
Fellow New England state Rhode Island ranks second for the worst drivers, with an overall incident rate of 60.6 in the analyzed period. Most notably, Rhode Island ties with California for the second-highest accident rate, at 39.7.

Rhode Island also ties with Wisconsin for the 13th-highest DUI rate, at 1.9. However, it falls on the better end of the list for speeding-related incidents, tying with Hawaii as the 28th-worst at a rate of 2.4 incidents per 1,000 drivers.

California
California (55.0) ranks third. As mentioned, California ties with Rhode Island for the second-highest accident rate, at 39.7. The Golden State also has the second-highest DUI rate, at 3.5.

As for speeding-related incidents, though, California has just 1.2 incidents per 1,000 drivers — the fourth-best by state.

District of Columbia
The District of Columbia ranks fourth, with 54.6 incidents per 1,000 drivers. Most notably, it has the highest DUI rate (3.6) and the fourth-highest accident rate (31.9).

Still, D.C. saw a rate of just 0.8 speeding-related incidents per 1,000 drivers — the lowest by state.

New Jersey
New Jersey rounds out the top five, at 45.8 incidents per 1,000 drivers. It ranks fifth for accident rates (30.4) and DUI rates (2.5). Meanwhile, it ties with Massachusetts as the fifth-best state for speeding-related incident rates, at just 1.3.




Complete text: Best and Worst Drivers by State: 2024 Report | LendingTree
 
Zam-Zam said:
How does your state stack up?:


Best and Worst Drivers by State: 2024 Report

Key findings
  • Massachusetts has the worst drivers in the U.S. From Nov. 5, 2023, through Nov. 4, 2024, Massachusetts drivers had 61.1 incidents (accidents, DUIs, speeding and citations) per 1,000 drivers. The next worst drivers are in Rhode Island (60.6) and California (55.0).
  • The best drivers in the U.S. are in Arkansas. At just 14.7 incidents per 1,000 drivers, Arkansas has the lowest rate. It’s followed by Michigan (15.3) and Vermont (15.5).
  • Massachusetts also has the highest accident rate. Massachusetts — 44.4 accidents per 1,000 drivers — is the only state above 40.0. Rhode Island and California tie for second at 39.7 each.
  • The District of Columbia and California have the highest DUI rates. The District of Columbia (3.6 DUIs per 1,000 drivers) is just ahead of California (3.5), with North Carolina the next closest (2.9).
  • North Dakota has the highest speeding-related incident rate. North Dakota is the only state with more than 8.0 speeding-related incidents per 1,000 drivers, at 8.1. Iowa (7.3) and Utah (6.2) follow.


Massachusetts
Massachusetts drivers be warned: The Bay State has the worst drivers, with 61.1 incidents per 1,000 drivers from Nov. 5, 2023, through Nov. 4, 2024.

By incident type, Massachusetts has the highest accident rate. At 44.4 accidents per 1,000 drivers, it’s the only state with a rate above 40.0. It also has 2.0 DUIs per 1,000 drivers, tying with Tennessee for the 11th-highest DUI rate.

One good thing for Massachusetts is its speeding-related incident rate. At a rate of just 1.3, it ties with New Jersey for the fifth-lowest speeding-related incident rate.

Rhode Island
Fellow New England state Rhode Island ranks second for the worst drivers, with an overall incident rate of 60.6 in the analyzed period. Most notably, Rhode Island ties with California for the second-highest accident rate, at 39.7.

Rhode Island also ties with Wisconsin for the 13th-highest DUI rate, at 1.9. However, it falls on the better end of the list for speeding-related incidents, tying with Hawaii as the 28th-worst at a rate of 2.4 incidents per 1,000 drivers.

California
California (55.0) ranks third. As mentioned, California ties with Rhode Island for the second-highest accident rate, at 39.7. The Golden State also has the second-highest DUI rate, at 3.5.

As for speeding-related incidents, though, California has just 1.2 incidents per 1,000 drivers — the fourth-best by state.

District of Columbia
The District of Columbia ranks fourth, with 54.6 incidents per 1,000 drivers. Most notably, it has the highest DUI rate (3.6) and the fourth-highest accident rate (31.9).

Still, D.C. saw a rate of just 0.8 speeding-related incidents per 1,000 drivers — the lowest by state.

New Jersey
New Jersey rounds out the top five, at 45.8 incidents per 1,000 drivers. It ranks fifth for accident rates (30.4) and DUI rates (2.5). Meanwhile, it ties with Massachusetts as the fifth-best state for speeding-related incident rates, at just 1.3.




Complete text: Best and Worst Drivers by State: 2024 Report | LendingTree
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It has been years since I have driven in Massachusetts and I doubt I will ever go back there again.

Some of the most aggressive and angry drivers I've seen are in Colorado and specifically around Denver. Los Angeles is not much better. I think many of those angry, aggressive California drivers may have moved to Colorado.*

*personal opinion
 
Jen said:
It has been years since I have driven in Massachusetts and I doubt I will ever go back there again.

Some of the most aggressive and angry drivers I've seen are in Colorado and specifically around Denver. Los Angeles is not much better. I think many of those angry, aggressive California drivers may have moved to Colorado.*

*personal opinion
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I lived in Aurora for about two years back in the 80's. Even then, traffic in Denver was brutal, especially on the interstate. If you were twenty miles over the speed limit, folks would pass you like you were backing up.

Beautiful place overall, but I can't really say that I miss it.
 
I will say Mass drivers do suck, and my experience with drivers near Los Angles isn’t much better.
 
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I lived in Aurora for about two years back in the 80's. Even then, traffic in Denver was brutal, especially on the interstate. If you were twenty miles over the speed limit, folks would pass you like you were backing up.

Beautiful place overall, but I can't really say that I miss it.
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Yep. Exactly. And want to merge? They won't allow for that. They'd rather crash their car than allow someone to merge.

I lived in Aurora also. We moved there after we lived in Alaska and Washington State. Some friends came to visit and we took them up Pike's Peak. Our teenage son said "Any mountain you can drive up isn't much of a mountain".

Our kids were unimpressed by Colorado.
 
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