Trenton has won the 2019 Safest City Award in Georgia from Insurify, an insurance industry resource. Insurify named safest cities in all 50 states.
To determine the communities with the least dangerous roadways, the data science team at Insurify, a car insurance quotes comparison site, turned to their database of over 1.6 million policy applications to crunch the numbers on residents' driving records going back to 2010.
When applying for insurance, car owners disclose prior moving violations including but not limited to speeding, at-fault accidents, DUIs and running red lights. To determine the safest city by state, analysts identified the city with the lowest proportion of residents without past driving offenses. Hawaii was excluded from the analysis due to insufficient data. The winners list contains both smaller safe havens and larger municipalities free of traffic dangers, but all are deserving of the accolade of Safest Cities in America.
Winners of Insurify’s 2019 Safest Cities Awards
Alabama: Guntersville
Alaska: Anchorage
Arizona: Nogales
Arkansas: West Helena
California: Clearlake
Colorado: Fort Morgan
Connecticut: Fairfield
Delaware: Middletown
Florida: Bonita Springs
Georgia: Trenton
Idaho: Blackfoot
Illinois: Calumet City
Indiana: Hammond
Iowa: Clinton
Kansas: Pittsburg
Kentucky: Barbourville
Louisiana: Slidell
Maine: Augusta
Maryland: Riverdale Park
Massachusetts: Brookline
Michigan: Madison Heights
Minnesota: Duluth
Mississippi: Clarksdale
Missouri: Pacific
Montana: Butte
Nebraska: North Platte
Nevada: Laughlin
New Hampshire: Derry
New Jersey: Lakewood
New Mexico: Las Vegas
New York: Buffalo
North Carolina: Laurinburg
North Dakota: Fargo
Ohio: Newark
Oklahoma: Muldrow
Oregon: Cottage Grove
Pennsylvania: Hazleton
Rhode Island: Central Falls
South Carolina: Santee
South Dakota: Rapid City
Tennessee: Sweetwater
Texas: Weslaco
Utah: Price
Vermont: Burlington
Virginia: Colonial Heights
Washington: Longview
West Virginia: Princeton
Wisconsin: Waukesha
Wyoming: Evanston
There are a number of factors that determine the overall traffic safety of a city. For example, potholes can cause crashes, traffic circles can prevent t-boning, and vigilant cops can detain drunk drivers before they have the chance to cause injury. All of these considerations have the capacity to move the needle on the rate of annual automotive incidents. However, the number-one determinant of road safety in a town is the aptitude of the drivers. In that respect, some cities simply rise to the occasion better than others. The skilled and careful motorists of these communities work hard in keeping local families and school zones safe.
