Bostonians: we love your history, your red bricks, your ubiquitous Dunkin’ locations...but what on Earth are you thinking when you get behind the wheel? The 2025 Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report lets us know that you Beantown residents are the riskiest drivers out of all U.S. citizens—and apparently have been for the last ten years of this report. (But we love you regardless!)
And maybe it’s a geographical thing and not really your fault, because the same study—which looks at 200 different metropolitan areas in the country—also finds that seven of the 10 cities with the highest collision rates are located in the northeast. As far as states go, Massachusetts has three cities on the bad list (as does California). Moreover, Washington, D.C. and Maryland are both high on the list at No. 2 and No. 3 of the worst road warriors so, we’ll let you draw your own conclusions.
On the other side of the safety freeway is Brownsville, Texas. That's full of the safest drivers around, per Allstate—we're talking buckling up every time, checking those blind spots, signaling before changing lanes, the works. And just as the northeast trends towards reckless drivers, Texas as a state hosts three other safe cities in the top 20.
A few interesting takeaways from the Allstate report: In the Midwest, drivers have gotten less safe since 2015. For instance, St. Louis fell 90 spots to land at No. 175 this year. In general, though, most cities have seen a slight reduction in collision rates in the last ten years.
Here are the top 10 safest U.S. cities for drivers:
1. Brownsville, Texas
2. Boise, Idaho
3. Fort Collins, Colorado
4. Cary, North Carolina
5. Laredo, Texas
6. Olathe, Kansas
7. Scottsdale, Arizona
8. Port St. Lucie, Florida
9. Madison, Wisconsin
10. Eugene, Oregon
And here, with apologies, are the top 10 least safe U.S. cities for drivers:
1. Boston, Massachusetts
2. Washington, D.C.
3. Baltimore, Maryland
4. Worcester, Massachusetts
5. Springfield, Massachusetts
6. Glendale, California
7. Los Angeles, California
8. Oakland, California
9. Providence, Rhode Island
10. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stay safe on the roads, everyone!