Almost a third of the U.S. cities with the highest percentage of drivers with prior automobile accidents are in the Southeast, according to a study by Insurify, an insurance data-analysis and rate comparison firm.
The city with the highest percentage of drivers with prior at-fault accidents – more than 20% – was Johns Island, South Carolina, next to Charleston. Rounding out the top five were: Silver Spring, Maryland; Frisco, Texas; Woodbridge, Virginia; and Roseville, California, the study found.
The report examined a database of 1.6 million car insurance applications to come up with the rankings. The database, compiled by City-Data, a data mining firm, includes driver history for the last seven years, Insurify said in a news release.
The report did not explain why drivers in Johns Island, population 21,500, appear to have more than their share of accidents on their records. The data do show that the island drivers had a relatively low rate of driving under the influence – 1.3%. That compares to more than 4% in Lincoln, Nebraska; Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Roseville, California.
Other Southeastern cities in the top 20 places with highest accident rates included Woodstock, Georgia, with 16.3% of drivers with prior accidents; Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which ranked 12th on the list; Pensacola, Florida, ranking 15th with 15.6% of its drivers with prior incidents; Fayetteville, Arkansas, coming in at 18th place; and Charlotte, North Carolina, at number 20.
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