Survey: 10 Percent of Delaware Drivers are Uninsured

A new study shows about 10 percent of drivers in Delaware are uninsured, and that number could be headed higher.

The survey by the Insurance Research Council suggests the reason is the economic downturn. It predicts the number of uninsured drivers in Delaware and across the country may hit an all-time high as unemployment numbers rise.

Maryland, at 12 percent, is the only other state in the region with a double-digit percentage of drivers without insurance. New Jersey’s figure is 8 percent, and Pennsylvania’s is 7 percent.

Nationally, the state with the highest percentage of uninsured drivers is New Mexico, with 29 percent. Massachusetts has the lowest percentage, just 1 percent.
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Information from: WDEL-AM

Latest Comments

• January 29, 2009 at 1:03 am

  snafu says:

  This is all the more reason to sell uninsured/underinsured motorists cov.
• January 29, 2009 at 12:40 pm

  Reagan says:

  Because, southern inland DE is Little Mexico. All chicken plants and hovels
• January 29, 2009 at 10:47 am

  dot_hemath says:

  When he's in DC, the number drops to 9%.