Philadelphia Residents Among Worst Drivers in Nation: Report

Philadelphia drivers have been ranked as the worst among big cities with at least 1 million residents, according to an annual report from Allstate.

The eighth annual “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report” is based on Allstate’s claims data. The report ranked America’s 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers.

Among the 200 cities in the report, the City of Brotherly Love was ranked 190th. The city’s drivers are 64.1 percent more likely to get into a collision compared to the national average. A driver in Philadelphia, on average, will experience an auto collision every 6.1 years. Other major cities in the Northeast also fared poorly. New York City was ranked 176th. The drivers in the Big Apple are 41.1 percent more likely to get into a collision compared to the U.S. average.

Northeastern cities that ranked even lower than Philadelphia include Providence, R.I., (193th) Baltimore, Md., (194th) and Washington, D.C. (195th) Allstate analyzed claims data over a two-year period, from 2009 to 2010. Massachusetts cities are not included because Allstate didn’t write business in the state in those years.