Albuquerque has a poor reputation for road safety. U.S. News and World Report listed the city as the second-most dangerous city for drivers, worse than bigger and more crowded cities like Phoenix, Dallas, and Los Angeles. It earned this spot by having the highest fatality rate in the nation based on vehicle miles traveled. According to the city’s analysis, 41% of Albuquerque’s road fatalities happened […]
Fort Worth has relatively safe roads. Based on its share of Texas’s population, it has fewer total car accidents and fewer fatal crashes than it should have. The city has even earned a place on a list of America’s most bike-friendly cities in 2021. But “safe” does not mean “accident-free.” Fort Worth still had over 13,400 crashes in 2022. These crashes killed or injured over […]
San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, which — while an impressive fact — means the city experienced the second-highest number of motor vehicle crashes in Texas in 2021. These sorts of traffic accidents cause a wide range of outcomes. Though most car accidents only cause damage to property, many accidents produce visible injuries that require medical attention. San Antonio Car Accident […]
Laredo’s roads are less safe than the roads in Texas as a whole. According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Laredo has about 1.4% of Texas’s car accidents. But according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Laredo only has about 256,000 residents or 0.9% of Texas’s population. This means Laredo has 64% more traffic accidents than it should. The car accidents in Laredo contributed to […]
Phoenix has a terrible road safety record. In 2019, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ranked Phoenix third in the nation for average annual traffic deaths. The survey showed the city had averaged more traffic fatalities from 2017 to 2019 than New York City, Dallas, and Chicago. Phoenix’s roads pose a danger to more than just motorists. Pedestrians and cyclists suffer nearly 2,000 injuries […]
Lakeland has safer roads than other cities in Florida, but just barely. Hundreds of people get injured or killed every year on Lakeland’s roads in car accidents, pedestrian accidents, and bicycle accidents. The Polk Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) manages a variety of projects related to road safety throughout the county, including Lakeland. Read on for an overview of road safety in the area. Lakeland Crash […]
Lafayette has a mixed safety record. On one hand, Lafayette has more fatal crashes per capita than the rest of Louisiana. This means that you have a higher risk of dying in a car accident in Lafayette than elsewhere in the state. On the other hand, Lafayette has fewer non-fatal injury crashes per capita than the rest of the state. And with this lower rate […]
Overall, Palm Beach Gardens has relatively safe roads. This small community has its share of crashes, but the city is slightly safer than Palm Beach County as a whole. The crashes that happen usually do not kill anyone. But it still has its problems. Its aging population causes car accidents in Palm Beach Gardens every year. And many of the city’s most vulnerable road users […]
Naperville has a mixed road safety record. The city has very few fatal car accidents for its size, but its total number of traffic accidents is fairly high. And while the city has minimal pedestrian accidents, it has a lot of bicycle accidents. Most of these car accidents result from careless or inattentive driving. Drivers in only a few of these crashes could blame weather, […]
Florida is the second-most dangerous state for pedestrians. Only California had more pedestrian deaths from 2016 to 2020. Even when you consider the statistics by population, Florida has the second-highest rate of pedestrian deaths per 100,000 residents after New Mexico. A major contributor to Florida’s ranking is the Tampa – St. Petersburg – Clearwater metropolitan area. This area covering Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties contributed to […]