Desert, Central California Cities Have State’s Greatest Drivers: Report

Slow-paced, sprawling Visalia ranks initial in California and 6th nationally as safest among the 200 largest U.S. cities in terms of automobile collision frequency.

Allstate Insurance Co. on Tuesday released its 10th annual “Allstate America’s Greatest Drivers Report,” which contains new data rankings and historical rankings from the past 10 years.

According to the report, the average driver in Visalia will encounter an auto collision each 12.4 years — an improvement of a single month or far more for the second consecutive year — and a collision price 19 percent far better than the U.S. typical.

Fort Collins, Colo. for the 4th year has held the prime spot. According to the report, the average driver in Fort Collins will encounter an auto collision every 14.2 years, which is 29.6 % much less likely than the national average of 10 years.

Other top protected driving cities in California had been Lancaster, Salinas and Rancho Cucamonga. California’s biggest cities didn’t fare as properly in the report. San Francisco drivers had been 55.6 % much more probably to be in a collision compared with the rest of the nation, putting it at 190^th all round in the U.S. Los Angeles ranked 188^th, Extended Beach was 141^st and San Diego was 112^th.

According to the National Highway Site visitors Safety Administration, 33,500 car crash fatalities occurred in 2012. Additionally, Allstate investigation discovered that 70 percent of automobiles involved in auto claims are considered drivable, which indicates that most claims are the outcome of low speed (under 35 miles per hour) collisions.

City & General Ranking (Calif. / U.S.)	Collision Likelihood Compared to National Typical	Average Years Between Collision
1  /   7     Visalia	19.1 % much less probably	12.4
2  /  50    Lancaster	1.7 % much less	8.2
3  /  53    Salinas	.8 % less	8.1
4  /  61    Rancho Cucamonga	2.3 % much more most likely	9.8
5  /  62    Fresno	2.6 % much more	9.7
6  /  69    San Bernardino	3.8 % far more	9.6
7  /  70    Palmdale	4 % a lot more	9.6
8  /  72    Modesto	4.2 % far more	9.6
9  /  78    Moreno Valley	5.7 % a lot more	9.5
10  / 81   Bakersfield	6 % far more	9.4

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Desert, Central California Cities Have State’s Greatest Drivers: Report