Springfield driver safety declines over decade

Springfield has scored No. 48 on the 2025 Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report – a drop of 33 places since the 2015 report, when the Queen City ranked No. 15.

Placement on the list, which ranks the nation’s 200 most populous cities, is based on Allstate claims data from 2022-23.

Springfield drivers average 10.39 years between collisions, according to the data, with a 1.6% collision likelihood relative to the national average.

Tops in this year’s list is Brownsville, Texas, with a collision likelihood rating of minus 25.9%.

Springfield eclipsed the next-highest-placing Missouri city, Kansas City, which ranked No. 101 with a driver average of 8.98 years between collisions and a 17.5% collision likelihood. Kansas City dropped by 84 positions in the 10-year span.

St. Louis shows up near the bottom of the list at No. 175, with a driver average of 7.09 years between collisions and a 48.8% collision likelihood. The Gateway City dropped 90 spots in a decade.

Allstate ranks the riskiest city in the country as Boston, with an accident likelihood of 244% compared to the national average. The top five is rounded out by Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Springfield, Massachusetts.

Allstate notes the average city has experienced a modest decline in collisions since 2015, but the gap between the safest and riskiest cities is widening.