Americans are hitting the roads in record numbers for summer fun and vacations.
Insurance agents and brokers have the opportunity to encourage everyone to make safety their number one priority whenever they're behind the wheel. Not only will fewer accidents prevent costly insurance claims, it will also save lives.
More than 40,000 people died in car crashes in 2016, making it potentially the most dangerous driving year since 2007, according to the National Safety Council. July and August are the deadliest months on the road, with each averaging 116 traffic deaths a day, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), data has found.
|Cities with best drivers
So, where in the United States are drivers least likely to have a collision? To answer that question, Allstate released its 13th annual America's Best Drivers Report naming the 10 safest-driving cities.
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Denny Jacob
Denny Jacob is an associate editor for NU PropertyCasualty360. Contact him at [email protected].
