CarInsuranceComparison.com conducted research on all 50 states and Washington D.C., and formulated their list based on date from the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on five main categories:

Fatality Rate – The total number of traffic deaths for every 100 million vehicle miles traveled.
Failure to Obey – The number of road fatalities involving failure to use safety restraints and individuals ignoring traffic safety devices and driving illegally with an invalid license.
Drunk Driving – The number of fatal crashes involving a driver impaired by alcohol.
Speeding – The number of driving deaths involving a driver who was speeding.
Careless Driving – The number of pedestrians and pedal cyclists (usually bicyclists) killed by motorists for every 100 thousand residents.

The rankings for the above five categories were totaled for 51 final scores. The 10 lowest scores (highest cumulative rankings) belonged to the ten areas with the worst drivers in our nation; the highest rankings equal the highest number of traffic deaths.

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10 states with the worst drivers

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