These Us States Had The Most Car Crashes Last Year

Causation? Correlation? Coincidence? It's difficult to tell, but nan truth of nan matter is that Boston drivers were erstwhile again declared nan worst this year, and nan metropolis has extended its woody to fto AI negociate its unspeakable traffic. So it's astir apt nary astonishment to observe that, according to Visual Capitalist, utilizing Insurify data, Massachusetts has nan highest complaint of car crashes successful nan country.

Based connected nan number of accidents per full number of drivers, nan Bay State is connected apical nan leaderboard pinch a people of 6.1%. And whatever's affecting Massachusetts drivers seems to beryllium spreading passim New England, since New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Maine were classed 2 done 4 pinch mishap rates of 5.8%, 5.6%, and 5.4%, respectively. The authorities pinch nan lowest mishap complaint was Michigan, astatine a specified 1.7%.

Another oddity of nan numbers: Fewer crashes don't look to make an effect connected states' security rates. Michigan has nan highest security rates successful nan country, pinch Mitten State motorists paying immoderate 80% much than nan nationwide average.

The aforesaid Insurify information besides shows what cars and trucks were progressive astir often successful those crashes, and nan results whitethorn not beryllium what you expect: Four of nan 10 vehicles pinch nan highest mishap rates — not nan highest number of accidents full — were EVs. Leading nan measurement was nan Kia Soul EV, while nan Chevrolet Bolt EUV vanished third, nan Volkswagen ID.4 came successful fifth, and Chevy's Bolt EV came retired successful nan eighth position. (The Bolt EUV is nan inexpensive and spacious crossover type of nan Bolt EV.) 

It's a guess, but possibly group were still getting utilized to nan instant torque and speedy acceleration of electrical vehicles? Anyway, filling retired nan database were nan MazdaSpeed3 (No. 2), Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (No. 4), Jeep Wrangler YJ (No. 6), Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid (No. 7), Ram 2500 (No. 9), and Chrysler Voyager (No. 10).

Oddly, Insurify reported connected nan aforesaid taxable successful 2023, pinch wholly different results. That year, utilizing nan percent of drivers pinch a anterior at-fault mishap connected their records, nan database of "Car Models pinch nan Most Accidents" had precisely zero of nan models mentioned successful 2024. The 2023 vehicles were, starting pinch nan astir mishap prone, nan Audi S4, Scion iA, Chevrolet Volt, Hyundai Veloster N, Toyota GR86, Subaru WRX, Subaru XV Crosstrek, Chevrolet Silverado LD, Kia Niro, and Subaru Impreza.

Of course, nan connection "accident" tin screen a wide scope of possibilities, and a insignificant fender-bender isn't thing for illustration a superior crash. Ranking cars based connected nan number of fatalities per cardinal miles driven, nan conveyance astir apt to time off personification dormant successful an mishap is — according to iSeeCars — nan Hyundai Venue. Following nan Venue are nan Chevrolet Corvette, Mitsubishi Mirage, Porsche 911, and Honda CR-V Hybrid.

Now, you've astir apt noticed 1 large sanction missing from that erstwhile discussion: Tesla. Despite nan occasional fiery Cybertruck crash, and a estimation for having immoderate of nan country's worst drivers, nan marque was conspicuously absent from nan Insurify data. And while ISeeCars noted that Tesla arsenic a marque had nan highest complaint of fatal accidents — with Kia, Buick, Dodge, and Hyundai following — Tesla's Model Y and S were only #6 and #21 successful nan rankings connected iSeeCars' database of vehicles. The Mitsubishi Mirage G4, Buick Encore GX, Kia Forte, and Buick Envision closed retired nan apical 10. 

You tin spot really immoderate of this happens, since nan Corvette, 911, and Teslas are high-performance cars apt to beryllium walking fast, while nan Mitsubishis, Forte, and Encore GX are connected nan smaller side. So they're each apt to suffer retired successful a clang pinch a large motortruck aliases SUV.

The bully news? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the number of yearly car fatalities fell by 3.8% successful 2024, pinch nan full dropping nether 40,000 for nan first clip successful 4 years.