September 03, 2010
By: Carrie Van Brunt
The results of a study released on Thursday by Allstate indicate that the least-accident prone drivers in the U.S. can be found in Fort Collins, Colorado. The insurance company says that drivers in that city were almost one-third less likely than the national average to get into a car accident.
Fort Collins Mayor Doug Hutchinson stated that he was proud of the citizens of his city, crediting them with the sound personal judgment necessary to stay out of trouble on the road. "More than anything, it's the result of individuals taking responsibility for keeping our streets safe," he added.
There were wide variations seen between communities in the Allstate study. While cities like Fort Collins saw noticeably lower accident rates than the national average, others like Baltimore and Washington, D.C. were found to be much more dangerous, at 80 percent and 95 percent above the U.S. average respectively.
In addition to the cities' relationship to the national average, Allstate's data indicated the median length of time that residents of the studied communities went between car accidents. Fort Collins residents, for example, averaged 14.5 years between incidents.
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