{"id":69,"date":"2026-07-08T12:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affairs360.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/dc-is-second-riskiest-city-for-driving-allstate-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:47:26","slug":"dc-is-second-riskiest-city-for-driving-allstate-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affairs360.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/dc-is-second-riskiest-city-for-driving-allstate-says\/","title":{"rendered":"DC is second riskiest city for driving, Allstate says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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D.C. is the second riskiest city for driving, an insurance company report says.<\/p>\n

Allstate said it looked at the number of crashes, how often they happen and certain types of behavior behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

“On the phones, bike lanes, people on motor scooters having no regard for the law,\u201d one driver told News4. \u201cIt is risky, yeah. I’ve seen a lot of close calls.”<\/p>\n

The average driver around D.C. goes just about four years in between collisions. Drivers in the least risky city \u2014 Brownsville, Texas \u2014 go about 15 years in between collisions.<\/p>\n

D.C. also got dinged for bad driving \u2014 like being on phones a lot \u2014 and plenty of nighttime driving, which increases risk.<\/p>\n

Allstate analyzed property damage claims from January 2023 through December 2024 to rank cities. Here\u2019s the Top 10:<\/p>\n

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  1. Boston<\/li>\n
  2. D.C.<\/li>\n
  3. Baltimore<\/li>\n
  4. Worcester, Mass.<\/li>\n
  5. Springfield, Mass.<\/li>\n
  6. Glendale, Calif.<\/li>\n
  7. Providence<\/li>\n
  8. Sunrise Manor, Nev.<\/li>\n
  9. Los Angeles<\/li>\n
  10. Philadelphia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    But local Allstate agent Rudy Alston says D.C. drivers themselves may not deserve the bad rap.<\/p>\n

    “I think a lot of it isn’t so much from D.C. natives,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it’s a lot of people coming from outside of D.C. \u2014 coming from Maryland and Virginia that commute to D.C. \u2014 that maybe aren’t as familiar with the traffic laws in D.C. and how congested D.C. is with the influx of pedestrians, Uber drivers, the Door Dash guys on the scooters, the Metrobuses. So, I just think when they get here, they’re just not familiar with it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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