Cities And States With The Best And Worst Drivers In The U.S.

Author Morty

July 18th, 2023 11:54 AM

Distracted drivers make for worst drivers.

When you visit other cities and states, you probably judge the way people are driving there. Whether they drive better than where you’re from or way worse. Well, you’re not wrong for thinking this and most of the time, you’re probably right.

Consumer Affairs did a comprehensive report asking people which cities and states have the best and worst drivers. You’d think the answer was simple. People responding with the state they’re currently from. But you’ll be shocked with the responses. They analyzed data from the Department of Transportation and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.

They ranked the cities based on four things… crash fatalities per 100,000, the number of fatalities due to bad driving, DUI’s and speeding.

Bad Driving

When asking about bad driving, they brought up things like driving the wrong way in one-way traffic, failing to yield, aggressive and careless driving, improper turns, and recklessly changing lanes and tailgating other cars on busy roads.

Which State Has The Worst Drivers

After collecting all the info and date, they found that Tennessee was the worst! Tennessee had four cities in the Top 20 worst cities as well. That included Memphis, which ranked number one as the worst city drivers. The other three were Knoxville at number twelve, Clarksville at seventeen, and Chattanooga at nineteenth place.

Cities With The Worst Drivers

When it comes to the cities with the worst drivers, you won’t be too surprised at the results. Memphis we’ve already established. Baton Rouge, Louisiana… Albuqurque, New Mexico… Macon, Georgia… St. Louis… Cleveland… Detroit… Victorville, California… Hesperia, California… and Rockford, Illinois.

California had two cities in the top ten worst. But despite that, California actually had the BEST drivers overall, next to the state of Texas!

Cities With The Safest Drivers

We’ve gone over the top cities and states with the worst drivers, but there are cities with the best and safest drivers. Those are Green Bay, Wisconsin… Cary, North Carolina… Oxnard, California… Pearland, Texas… College Station, Texas… and to our surprise, Henderson, Nevada!

We have more on this story in today’s edition of a Few Things You Should Know.

Morty is the Executive Producer of “The Mike And Carla Morning Show” on 96.3 KKLZ. He's been a part of the show and station for 5 years. Aside from producing the morning show, he has served as production director for over 20 years. Those commercials you hear between the music, he produced a lot of them for Las Vegas! He loves music, playing guitar, all things Vegas Golden Knights, the Steelers, and his English Bulldog, Squish! He will talk forever with you on any of these things! Morty writes about peculiar news stories and Las Vegas happenings.

Does Las Vegas Have The Worst Drivers

There are a lot of people from all over the country here, maybe that’s why everyone thinks Las Vegas has the worst drivers in the country! It’s a melting pot, a cornucopia, a mish mosh of all sorts of people trying to get around our city. With that said, everyone has a tendency to drive like where they are originally from!

But in a recent study Clevermove.com surveyed 50 major cities throughout the country. Despite what you might think, Las Vegas did not even come in the Top 10! Based on the criteria that included insurance premiums, drunk drivers and highway fatalities, you should know that Las Vegas didn’t even crack the Top 25!

That is the good news…however, where did Las Vegas ranked when it came to the cities with the worst drivers? Hold on to the steering wheel because despite what we all think and know, Las Vegas came in at #30 on the list! That is totally amazing…especially after surviving today!

On the flipside, most Americans think that the state of California has the BEST and the WORST drivers in the country. New York City has the fewest drunk driving fatalities and our friends in Detroit pay the highest insurance premiums.

So as you drive throughout the day in our wonderful city, keep your head on a swivel. Not sure if the stats actually indicate day to day driving in the city. We think a lot of Las Vegans would tell you that the drivers here are CRAZY. Much more, they just don’t know how to drive.

But what cities officially have the worst drivers? Ah, for that list, just scroll down and check it out. As you look at the Top 5, remember, you can see the entire list clicking HERE!

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#5. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Never been, so we can’t really say, but clearly they have a few bad drivers. Or at least enough for this celebrity laden city to be at #5 when it comes to the worst drivers!

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#4. TAMPA, FLORIDA
This former Super Bowl city has enough going on it seems, but driving is not one of them. There must be a reason why this wonderful city by the bay is at #4 on the list!

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#3. ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Are you starting to see a trend here? Well, if you’re not keep track, this is the second city from Florida making it into the Top 5 of Cities with the Worst Drivers! It might be the home to Disney World, but clearly people drive a little “goofy” there!!! LOL

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#2. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Not sure what is going on in the Blue Grass state here, but according to the stats, people who drive in Louisville are the second worst drivers in the country!

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#1. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Winner, winner…the envelope please! It’s Jacksonville, Florida! The city with the worst drivers in the country. Thank you J’Ville for making Las Vegas feel good about itself!!! Congrats! Now try and drive a bit more careful now!

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