Three North Texas cities were recently recognized as some of the most likely places drivers will be involved in a car crash.
Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington have some of the highest rates of collisions in a city per year, according to a new report.
Forbes Advisor published the report using information on collision locations across the United States from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Allstate.
It’s worth noting that the cities included in the report and analysis only included the largest 50 cities in the country as measured by the 2020 U.S. Census.
Dallas was tied with Atlanta for the top spot of “cities you’re most likely to get into a car accident.”
While Atlanta had a higher “relative collision likelihood” (49.5%) than Dallas (46.5%), Dallas had a higher fatality rate per 100,000 people in the cities population (16.5) than Atlanta (15.8).
The average years between collisions were relatively the same with Dallas drivers going 7.22 years and Atlanta drivers going a lesser 7.07 years.
All Texas cities in the top 50 list include:
- Dallas tied for 1st
- Houston in 8th
- Fort Worth in 15th
- Austin in 17th
- Arlington in 22nd
- San Antonio in 23rd
The other cities that included in the top 10 were Baltimore, Detroit, Philadelphia, Memphis, Fresno, Louisville and Los Angeles.
The report said “some of the highest risk areas are concentrated along the coasts and in metro areas with large populations and limited public transportation systems.”
Dallas’ public transportation system, DART, has announced new initiatives recently to regain some of the ridership it lost during and post-pandemic.
Dallas-Fort Worth is a car-heavy city, with more than 2.1 cars registered in Dallas County alone during the 2022 fiscal year, according to data from the Texas Department of Transportation. The Texas Department of Transportation’s website says there’s more than 22 million vehicles registered in the entire state.