Charlotte Is The 15th Worst City For Drivers Nationwide
Well if this isn’t confirmation bias if it ever existed. It’s not your imagination. Charlotte drivers really are THAT BAD. But we know that we see it every day. Turn signals are rarely used, stop signs are used merely as a suggestion, and running red lights-that’s just to be expected. I wish I knew what could be done to stop it. CMPD doesn’t seem to have any interest in enforcing traffic laws so I guess I can’t blame people for ignoring them. Though you know, just doing the right thing isn’t frowned upon. When I stumbled across this study by Forbes Advisor, that listed Charlotte as the 15th worst city for drivers nationwide, I couldn’t help nodding my head in agreement.
According to Forbes Advisor, the number of fatal car accidents is increasing nationwide. With the rates of occurrence rising nearly 10% from 2020 to 2022. This risk is absorbed by everyone when they get behind the wheel. So, which cities have the worst drivers? Well, the worst was Albuquerque, New Mexico. I don’t know much about New Mexico but this does surprise me.
Here are the top 10:
- Albuquerque, NM
- Memphis, TN
- Detroit, MI
- Tuscon, AZ
- Kansas City, MO
- Dallas, TX
- Louisville, KY
- Phoenix, AZ
- Fort Worth, TX
- Tampa, FL
Charlotte came in at number 15 (out of a top 25 worst drivers list). Forbes data shows that the Queen City has 10.18 fatal car accidents per 100,000 residents. 3.81 of those for every 100,000 residents were due to a drunk driver. Data for this study came from the National Highway Safety Patrol and the US Census Bureau. To create the list Forbes Advisor looked at the 50 most populated US Cities and compared them across 5 metrics.
These metrics included:
- Number of fatal car accidents per 100,000 city residents: 24% of score.
- Number of fatal car accidents involving a drunk driver (blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels of 0.08+) per 100,000 city residents: 19% of score.
- Number of fatal car accidents involving a distracted driver per 100,000 city residents: 19% of score.
- Number of fatal car accidents involving speeding per 100,000 city residents: 19% of score.
- Number of people killed in fatal crashes per 100,000 city residents: 19% of score.
You can read the full study and details about why each city ranked where they did here.
Data Shows North Carolina Has The Most Dangerous Rural Roads In America
5. Mississippi
Rural crashes per billion miles driven: 60.37
10 year change: 38.4%
4. South Carolina
Rural crashes per billion miles driven: 63.6
10 year change: -6.3%
3. West Virginia
Rural crashes per billion miles driven: 67.18
10 year change: -33.6%
2. Connecticut
Rural crashes per billion miles driven: 68.74
10 year change: -39.0%
1. North Carolina
Rural crashes per billion miles driven: 70.45
10 year change: -11.2%
