Report confirms Seattle, Tacoma drivers are terrible
Aug 28, 2012, 12:25 PM | Updated: Aug 29, 2012, 9:54 am
It's not just your imagination, drivers on the road in the Seattle-Tacoma area get in more accidents, according to data gathered by Allstate Insurance. (AP Photo/File)
(AP Photo/File)
If everyone on the road is a worse driver than you, you might live or work in Seattle.
It’s not just your imagination, drivers on the road in the Seattle-Tacoma area get in more accidents, according to data gathered by Allstate Insurance.
While you may want to blame the poor traffic situation on other drivers, you may be a part of the problem too.
The average Washington driver goes about 7.9 years between accidents – crashing 27.2 percent more frequently than the national average. Nationwide, drivers go about 10 years between accidents.
On the list that ranks 200 metropolitan areas, some Washington cities fared better than others. Spokane and Vancouver ranked 43 and 67 on the list. Seattle and Tacoma, on the other hand, ranked 154 and 156.
Despite the dangerous conditions on the roads in Washington, Allsate says car crash fatalities are the lowest level they’ve been since 1949.
Want to drive in safest place in America? Then it’s time to move to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
