The Best and Worst States for Drivers

Via Money Geek

https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/road-safety-study/

[B' Spokes: Interesting that this methodology put Maryland just in the top 10 best for safety states. Could it be we tend to under report issues like speeding and distracted driving? Or could it be that because of sprawl we drive further just to do the same things as everyone else? After all Frederick and Baltimore are bedroom communities to DC. And we do know that different areas have different commute times and different times for being stuck in contested traffic, both of which are strong indicators of more miles driven for some populations than others. I always thought that fatalities per population is a better metric than fatalities per miles driven. Like it's so much safer to drive 20 miles to work than 10 miles to work with the same fatalities per population. I understand that the more miles driven per the same population results in more crashes but that's just it, the same population. When comparing different populations I will assert that we all do the same thing, work, shop and play in the cars we drive and it is the frequency of traffic death that happens while doing our daily lives is what is important. ]