Where Massachusetts Ranks Among Study Of States With Worst Drivers

Where does Massachusetts rank among U.S. states the best and worst drivers?

A study conducted by QuoteWizard.com ranked Massachusetts 33rd among states with worst drivers nationally. The study analyzed more than 2 million insurance quotes and built a composite score based on four incident factors: accidents, speeding tickets, DUIs and citations.

States considered to have the worst drivers had the highest rates of each incident factor, while states with the best drivers had the lowest rates of each incident factor.

Massachusetts was also the third most accident-prone state, trailing only Rhode Island and Maryland.

California was No. 1 for most lead-footed states; Wyoming ranked first among drunkest-driving states; and Alabama topped the list of worst driving habits based on the most citations given.

Here is a full list of the study's results:

1. Wyoming
2. Virginia
3. Colorado
4. New Jersey
5. South Dakota
6. Vermont
7. Maryland
8. Washington
9. Ohio
10. South Carolina
11. Georgia
12. North Dakota
13. Oregon
14. California
15. Delaware
16. Nebraska
17. Wisconsin
18. Arkansas
19. Indiana
20. Idaho
21. Maine
22. Utah
23. Alaska
24. Kansas
25. Connecticut
26. New York
27. Tennessee
28. Iowa
29. Pennsylvania
30. Louisiana
31. Minnesota
32. Alabama
33. Massachusetts
34. New Hampshire
35. Rhode Island
36. Hawaii
37. Mississippi
38. North Carolina
39. Arizona
40. Oklahoma
41. Montana
42. Nevada
43. Kentucky
44. Illinois
45. Florida
46. Texas
47. New Mexico
48. Michigan
49. Missouri
50. West Virginia