Study Unveils Best and Worst Driving States

QuoteWizard, an online insurance comparison marketplace, has released a study ranking the best and worst driving states in the nation for the past year.
Jan. 24, 2019

Jan. 24, 2019—QuoteWizard, an online insurance comparison marketplace, has released a study ranking the best and worst driving states in the nation for the past year. Following QuoteWizard’s previous best and worst drivers by state and city studies, this year's study provides updated rankings on all 50 states.

The nation's five worst driving states include Maine, South Carolina, Nebraska, California and North Dakota.

The five best driving states are Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Arizona and Illinois. A full list can be found by clicking here

In addition to ranking all 50 states, the study also examines differences in driving skills along political lines. QuoteWizard sampled incident data (with more than two million data points) from drivers who used its services and linearly extrapolated it to Federal Highway Administration fatality data.

To quantify overall driver standards for comparison, QuoteWizard then weighted various incident counts for each state with its frequency. The final rankings are a sum of weighted means which is calculated from total accidents, speeding tickets, DUI, citations and fatalities.

Subscribe to our Newsletters

Latest in Latest News

AVTECC/C-BEN
AVTECC/C-BEN Logo
The Competency-Based Education Network and International Advanced Vehicle Technology Education and Credentialing Coalition are working together to design, scale, and tailor programs...
June 13, 2025
CIC
CIC Philly Logo
The next conference is on July 23 in Philadelphia. Planned discussions include related processes, procedures, inter-segment relations, decision-making aspects and notifications...
June 12, 2025
CECA
Contra Costa College accepts a $25,000 donation to its collision engineering program from CSAA insurance group.
The donation to the Collision Engineering Career Alliance bridges classroom learning with industry practice for aspiring collision repair technicians at Contra Costa College.
June 12, 2025