Residents of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, rank as the safest drivers in the U.S. according to the Allstate Insurance Company’s inaugural “America’s Best Drivers Report.”  

The first-of-its kind ranking of U.S. cities with populations 100,000-plus, revealed that the average driver in the central Iowa city will experience an auto collision every 15 years, compared to the national likelihood of a crash every 10 years – making them 33.28 percent less likely to have an accident than the national average.

Allstate researchers analyzed internal data to determine the likelihood drivers in America’s largest 196 cities would experience an auto collision compared to the national average.

Drivers across Iowa, Tennessee and Colorado shine as the nation’s safest, as two cities from each state rank among the top 10 with the safest drivers, according to the report.

Drivers in U.S. cities with populations of one million-plus are more likely than the national average to experience a collision.  Phoenix, the top-ranked city in this category, mirrors the national collision average of one accident every 10 years.  

According to the report, Milwaukee drivers will experience a collision approximately every 11.5 years and rank as the safest of the metros with populations between 500,000 and one million residents.  

To create the report, Allstate researchers analyzed internal property damage claims over a two-year period (from January, 2002 to December, 2003) to ensure the findings would not be impacted by external influences such as weather or road construction.  A weighted average of the two-year numbers determined the annual percentages. The report defines an auto crash as any collision resulting in property damage.

According to insurance.com, more crashes occur on Saturdays than any other day of the week. Friday ranked second and Thursday came in third.  Collisions are least likely to occur on Sundays.  Collisions are most likely to happen between 3 and 6 p.m.  From 6 and 9 p.m. ranked second and 9 p.m. – midnight finished third.  The fewest crashes occur between midnight and 3 a.m.

Customers can access Allstate products and services such as auto insurance and homeowners insurance through Allstate agencies, or in select states at allstate.com and 1-800 Allstate®.

Note: The Allstate data excludes cities in the state of Massachusetts, where Allstate Insurance Company does not offer insurance products.

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