The Most Dangerous States and Cities for Driving in the Wintertime

This may come as a big surprise, but winter is actually the season with fewest fatal car accidents. Winter driving can be scary, and this visualization from Teletrac Nevman analyzes which states and cities across the United States are the most dangerous to drive in during the winter months.

The findings of this study were very interesting – using data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), it was found that Wyoming was the most dangerous state, yet none of the ten most dangerous cities were in Wyoming.

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The data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) showed that some states across the country had much higher rates of fatal collisions than others. According to the data, it was found that Wyoming had the highest rate of fatal car collisions in the United States, with 4.65 fatal accidents per every 100,000 residents. These were the ten states with the highest rates of fatal car collisions during the winter months.

1. Wyoming: 4.65 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
2. Mississippi: 4.01 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
3. New Mexico: 3.99 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
4. South Carolina: 3.94 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
5. Alabama: 3.71 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
6. Florida: 3.50 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
7. Oklahoma: 3.28 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
8. Arkansas: 3.20 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
9. Georgia: 3.07 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents
10. Tennessee: 3.05 fatal car collisions per 100,000 residents

Luckily for Vermont, it was found that it was the state with the lowest rate of fatal car crashes when it came to the winter months, with a rate more than four times lower than Wyoming’s. These were the ten states across America with the lowest rates of fatal car accidents during the winter. It’s interesting to note that 60% of the states with the lowest rates were found in the Northeast, where the winter driving is typically much worse than states in other parts of the country.

1. Vermont: 0.80 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
2. New York: 0.85 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
3. New Hampshire: 0.87 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
4. Massachusetts: 1.04 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
5. Minnesota: 1.10 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
6. Rhode Island: 1.13 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
7. South Dakota: 1.23 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
8. New Jersey: 1.27 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
9. Illinois: 1.29 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents
10. Utah: 1.30 fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents