NEW YORK – Providence drivers are among the worst in the country. Their automobile skills are better only than those in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Glendale, Calif., and Newark, N.J.
Forbes published its “Cities with the Worst Drivers” on Monday, ranking Providence at No. 5, based on Allstate car insurance collision claims data.
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“If you reside in Providence, Allstate says it will take Divine Providence to avoid crashing your car at least once every six years,” Forbes said. The national average for a car crash was once every 10 years.
Providence ranked No. 188 out of 193 cities in 2010 and No. 186 in 2009 for its safe drivers.
While D.C. took the “worst” spot on the list, Fort Collins, Colo., was ranked as the city with the safest drivers for the second year in a row, where the average driver will experience a car crash once every 14 years.
“Looking for safe streets and responsible drivers? Go west, young man! (Or woman),” it added. To stay out of harm’s way, drivers should flock to Boise, Idaho; Lincoln, Neb; Chandler, Ariz.; and Huntsville, Ala.
Allstate has been publishing the ranking for seven years. It analyzes claims from January 2008 to December 2009 so the findings would not be impacted by external influences such as weather or road construction.
The report intended to rank the 200 largest U.S. cities but excluded all cities in Massachusetts – because Allstate was not in the state’s auto insurance market for the full two years of data collection – and a handful of other cities.
Allstate’s auto policies represent approximately 11 percent of all U.S. auto policies.
