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<\/a>Insights<\/h2>\n\n- National averages. Across the 244 urban areas surveyed, <\/span>19.32 percent of drivers reported a prior incident on their driving record. The two most commonly cited driving violations are <\/span>at-fault accidents and <\/span>speeding, which drivers incur at an average of <\/span>10.39 percent and <\/span>9.66 percent, respectively.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n
- Ten states represented among the top twenty cities.<\/strong> A total of ten states encapsulates the twenty cities with the worst drivers in the nation in 2021. Of these ten, South Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, and Nebraska have regional clusters of two or more cities on the list. Overall, the ten states represented in the rankings are relatively geographically diverse, ranging from the Pacific Northwest to the Midwest, to the Southeast. <\/span><\/li>\n
- High citation rates in the Buckeye State.<\/b> Six out of the twenty cities with the nation\u2019s worst drivers in 2021 are located in Ohio, making it the most highly represented state in the rankings. On the state level, Ohio drivers have the highest driving citation rate in the nation: <\/span>28.18 percent<\/b> of Ohioans have at least one at-fault violation on record, according to Insurify\u2019s analysis of <\/span>states with the worst drivers in 2021<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Methodology<\/h2>\n
To identify the cities with the worst drivers, the data scientists at Insurify, a <\/span>car insurance comparison<\/span> site, referred to their database of over 4 million car insurance applications. <\/span><\/p>\nWhen applying for car insurance, users disclose their city and state of residence and any prior violations on their driving record. Insurify\u2019s data scientists compared the number of drivers with one or more at-fault violations on record (including accidents, DUIs, failures to stop, speeding, reckless driving, passing violations, and other citations for illegal driving behavior) to the total number of drivers applying for car insurance in each state over the past year. The cities with the highest proportion of drivers with at-fault incidents on record earned a spot in the rankings of the cities with the worst drivers in America. <\/span><\/p>\n
Methodology<\/h2>\n
To identify the cities with the worst drivers, the data scientists at Insurify, a <\/span>car insurance comparison<\/span> site, referred to their database of over 4 million car insurance applications. <\/span><\/p>\n When applying for car insurance, users disclose their city and state of residence and any prior violations on their driving record. Insurify\u2019s data scientists compared the number of drivers with one or more at-fault violations on record (including accidents, DUIs, failures to stop, speeding, reckless driving, passing violations, and other citations for illegal driving behavior) to the total number of drivers applying for car insurance in each state over the past year. The cities with the highest proportion of drivers with at-fault incidents on record earned a spot in the rankings of the cities with the worst drivers in America. <\/span><\/p>\n
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