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Sioux Falls, SD, Is Safest for Driving: Study

Residents wreck once every 14.6 years; DC worst at 5.4 years

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 1, 2008 5:10 PM CDT

(Newser) – Sioux Falls, SD, is the safest US city to drive in for the third year in a row, according to an insurance study. Allstate found that Sioux Falls drivers average an accident only once every 14.6 years, compared to a national average of once every 10, the AP reports. The worst drivers were in Washington, DC, averaging a wreck every 5.4 years.

The five safest driving cities, according to Allstate:

  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • Fort Collins, Colo.
  • Chattanooga, Tenn.
  • Sterling Heights, Mich.
  • Warren, Mich.

Sioux Falls city hall (just kidding).
Sioux Falls city hall (just kidding).   ((c) afiler)
The busy streets of Sioux Falls.
The busy streets of Sioux Falls.   ((c) Jerry7171)
No bad drivers to get you all flustered on your way to... whatever is in Sioux Falls.
No bad drivers to get you all flustered on your way to... whatever is in Sioux Falls.   ((c) bakshi)
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