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Orlando High On Teen Fatal Car Crash List
Wednesday, December 03, 2008 10:19:17 AM
ORLANDO -- Three Florida metro areas, including Orlando, top the list for fatal car crashes involving teen drivers around the holidays.
Orlando ranked third in a nationwide Allstate Insurance study that looked at federal crash statistics and insurance claims over the past eight years. Allstate said in the past eight years, "teen drivers have been involved in more than 5,000 crashes between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day."
Tampa ranked first on the list and Jacksonville ranked second.
The safest cities for teen drivers during the holidays are Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Cleveland.
Allstate looked at the "nation's 50 largest metro areas from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day."
10 Deadliest Cities
- Tampa-St. Petersburg - Clearwater
- Jacksonville
- Orlando-Kissimmee
- Kansas City, Mo.-Kan.
- Birmingham-Hoover, Ala.
- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.
- Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.
- Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Louisville, Ky.-Ind.
- Richmond, Va.
10 Safest Cities
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
- Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio
- Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wa.
- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis.
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif.
- Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Maine-N.H.
- Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.
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