Phoenix Has Safe Drivers

A ranking of the best drivers in the 200 largest cities in America revealed that the average driver in the United States is likely to experience a crash every 10 years.

Allstate researchers analyzed company claim data to determine the likelihood drivers in America's 200 largest cities would experience a vehicle collision compared to the national average. The result was the Allstate America's Best Drivers Report.

Allstate researchers analyzed internal Property Damage reported claims over a two-year period (from January 2006 to December 2007) to ensure the findings would not be affected 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 a property damage claim.

For the second consecutive year, drivers in Phoenix are the safest big city commuters according to Allstate. Drivers in Phoenix can expect to bump into another vehicle on the roadway every 9.2 years, slightly more frequent than the national average of about 10 years. Allstate's list of safest drivers in cities with populations greater than 1 million people looked like this:

1. Phoenix, ranked #95
2. San Diego, ranked #108
3. NYC, ranked #145
4. Houston, ranked #161
5. San Antonio, ranked #168
6. Chicago, ranked #170
7. Dallas, ranked #173
8. Los Angeles, ranked #184
9. Philadelphia, ranked #188

The entire survey actually took the largest 200 cities in the country into account, and of those four of the cities in the Greater Phoenix area had fewer accidents than the national average:

1. Chandler, ranked #43
2. Mesa, ranked #49
3. Gilbert, ranked #51
4. Scottsdale, ranked #56