Gary, Indiana. took the number two spot. Jackson, Mississippi took number three, though they were nowhere close to Daytona Beach, with 3.84 and 3.79 times the median rate of car deaths.
Among small towns — those with populations under 50,000 — Dayton, Texas (located in the greater Houston metro) topped the list with a crash death rate an astonishing 12.4 times the national median
Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JoWMRt2vMV2uwlzPc4InSJlKckEHr5WyxYbXTIIIjHo/edit?gid=0#gid=0
😂 I lived in NJ for a few months and I actually agree. Y’all are a fun bunch. NJ definitely deserves more love than it usually gets.
That said, I think the main reason NJ has safer roads is better road design. Usually driver behavior is only a minor factor. NJ has made a real effort in recent years to improve things (although there’s still a lot more to be done).
On the other hand, there is a slightly unfair nature to the comparison since so many NJ residents commute into other states for work. This means their road statistics don’t contain as many of the absolute death traps that many US downtowns are. Or at least the ones I’ve lived in. NYC and Philly are probably a cut above most.
Lol, average speed limit is 25, that’s why. Construction and congestion. Kinda hard to have traffic fatalities when grandpa is passing you up in his mobility scooter.