Pop Quiz: Which U.S. city is home to the worst drivers in the U.S?
New York City? Not even close.
Los Angeles? Nope.
Chicago? Didn't even make the top 30.
The U.S. city with the worst drivers is, of all places, Albuquerque, New Mexico. No, that's not a mistake.
A recent analysis of highway traffic safety data from 50 major cities by Forbes Advisor found Albuquerque had a perfect score of 100. That was made possible by Albuquerque's high incidents of fatal car accidents, drunk drivers and distracted drivers.
Forbes' analysis found:
- Albuquerque has the highest number of fatal car accidents involving a distracted driver (5.42 per 100,000 city residents)
- It ranks third highest for the total number of fatal car accidents (17.11 per 100,000 city residents)
- Albuquerque reports the third highest number of people killed in fatal crashes (18.11 per 100,000 city residents)
- The city holds the fifth-highest spot for the number of fatal car accidents involving speeding (5.56 per 100,000 city residents)
- Albuquerque also has the sixth highest number of fatal car accidents involving a drunk driver (4.67 per 100,000 city residents)
The rest of the top 10 included:
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Detroit, Michigan
- Tucson, Arizona
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Dallas, Texas
- Louisville, Kentucky
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Tampa, Florida
