By Jim Sams
Claims Journal
Baltimore, Maryland retained its title as the most accident-prone metropolitan area in the nation for automobiles, while Brownsville, Texas took the No. 1 spot for auto safety, according to Allstate’s annual America’s Best Drivers Report.
The careful motorists in Brownsville collided with each other on average only once every 14.95 years, according to Allstate. In Baltimore, motorists are involved in collisions an average of once every 4.2 years. The national average is one collision every 10.57 years.
(Ed.'s Note: Could it be, perhaps, that the number of motorists driving withour auto insurance and making arrangements between themselves when there is a collison could have skewered the numbers here?)
That’s a huge sample size: Allstate holds 10 perccent of the nation’s personal automobile insurance market, said Chief of Claims Ken Rosen.
This year — the 15th since the report was first released — Allstate added a new section to the report that notes the worst roads for auto collisions in the 15 cities that ranked lowest for safety. In Baltimore, that honor went to Interstate Highway 695, which locals know as the Beltway.
Allstate said it hopes the added information will educate drivers to be extra vigilant on those dangerous roads, in addition to advocating for infrastructure improvements.
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