Does Alexandria Have Bad Drivers?

If Alexandria drivers face some of the worst traffic in the county, they haven’t driven much safer because of it.

According to a report released last week from Allstate Insurance Company, Alexandria is among cities with the most accident-prone drivers.

The insurance company ranks the county’s 200 largest cities by the number of car accidents its drivers are likely to have and the average amount of years between accidents per driver, according to Allstate’s claim data.

Alexandria ranked 184, with an accident likelihood that is 56 percent higher than the national average.  Last year the city ranked 177th.  The average Alexandria driver will experience an accident every 6.4 years, compared to a national average of 10 years.

Washington D.C. drivers fared even worse, with a ranking of 193 and an accident likelihood that is 107 percent higher than the national average. Drivers in the nation’s capital experience an accident every 4.8 years.

By contrast, for the second year in a row Fort Collins, Colo., had the safest drivers. The average driver in that city experiences a car accident every 14 years, which is 28.6 percent less likely than the national average of 10 years.

Click here to read more about the seventh annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report".