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Denver Personal Injury Attorneys (Home) / Blog / Auto Accidents / Newly Released Auto Collision Study Includes Some Surprising Data

Newly Released Auto Collision Study Includes Some Surprising Data

It seems logical to think that bigger cities like Denver will, by default, have a higher number of car collisions.

More cars on the road = more collisions…makes sense right?

Well new data released by Allstate Insurance shows that a city’s population has little to no effect on the frequency of car collisions that occur. While some larger cities like New York do see a higher frequency of collisions, so do other cities with a fraction of the population.

Allstate’s report defines an auto collision as any incident involving a property damage claim.

Cities with the lowest frequency of auto collisions include:

  • Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Boise, Idaho
  • Fort Collins, Colorado

Drivers in these respective cities went, on average, more than 13.5 years between crashes. Also, drivers were 27.6%, 27.3% and 26.7% less likely to have a collision when compared to the national average.

Cities with the highest frequency of crashes include:

  • Washington, DC
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Providence, Rhode Island

Drivers in these cities had the shortest gap between auto collisions – 4.7, 5.3 and 5.5 years respectively.

Populations for each of the top and bottom 3 cities on this list have vary widely – from 146,000 residents to over 619,000.

The study by Allstate insurance looked at auto collision data from 195 cities with populations ranging from 125,000 to around 8 million. It’s interesting note from charts put together by Nate Berg over at the Atlantic that the highest populated city, New York, is on par with cities a fraction of its size in terms of auto collisions.

Likewise, there are small cities like Ft. Collins and others that are completely opposite and have a long period of time, over a decade in many cases, between car collisions.

When plotting Allstate’s data on a graph, it seems possible that a connection exists between larger populations and shorter time periods between crashes.

However, only 9 of the 195 cities evaluated in the study have populations over 1 million, so it can be a little misleading to suggest a larger city sees more car collisions.

But to consider the vast majority of cities on the list, another chart was plotted that only included cities with a population between 125,000 and 250,000 (…121 of 195 cities).

We see in this chart that there is obviously no discernible pattern. Some cities have a higher frequency of crashes than others, regardless of their population.

Even though data used in the study accounts for only 10% of the U.S. population, it’s still quite a representative example. If these numbers are indeed true, then it seems just because a city has a higher population doesn’t always mean it will see more car collisions.

We’re delighted to see Ft. Collins, Colorado was near the top of the list – congratulations! The mid-sized metropolis south of our Denver headquarters is one of the safest cities for driving in the entire U.S.!

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