In 2021, law firm Friend, Levinson & Turner compiled each state’s DUI arrests, fatal collisions, uninsured drivers, and Google searches for terms like “how to get out of a ticket” to compile this 50-state list.
New Mexico ranked as the worst drivers overall in the United States, with 25 crash-related fatalities per capita, and roughly 20.8-percent uninsured drivers.
Tied for second-worst were Arkansas and Alabama. While Wyoming came in at #4, a state with one of the highest DUI arrest rates (683 per capita) and crash-related fatality rates in the country (31 per capita).
Missouri, Tennessee, and Alaska tied as the ninth worst in the rankings.
Overall, Southern states made up 50-percent of the worst-10 drivers, while Western states made up a third.
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The Worst Drivers By State
- New Mexico
- Arkansas (tie)
- Alabama (tie)
- Wyoming
- Montana
- Delaware
- Louisiana
- South Carolina
- Tennessee (tie)
- Missouri (tie)
- Alaska (tie)
- Mississippi
- West Virginia
- Rhode Island (tie)
- Florida (tie)
- Georgia
- Oklahoma
- Kentucky
- North Dakota
- Nevada
- Colorado
- Texas (tie)
- Arizona (tie)
- Kansas
- South Dakota (tie)
- Indiana (tie)
- Oregon (tie)
- Idaho (tie)
- Nebraska (tie)
- Hawaii (tie)
- California
- Michigan
- Wisconsin (tie)
- Washington (tie)
- New Hampshire
- Maryland
- Vermont
- Iowa
- Maine
- Utah (tie)
- Minnesota (tie)
- Ohio (tie)
- New Jersey (tie)
- North Carolina
- Virginia (tie)
- Illinois (tie)
- Connecticut (tie)
- Pennsylvania
- Massachusetts
- New York
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According to the law firm’s rankings, New York had the second-lowest rate of fatal collisions (6 per capita) and one of the lowest figures for uninsured drivers (only 6.1 percent).
These numbers rank New York drivers as the best in the country.
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