Just looked at some traffic safety data and it's pretty eye-opening how much driving behavior varies across major US cities. Apparently fatal car accidents jumped nearly 10% between 2020 and 2022, which is honestly alarming. Some cities are way worse than others when it comes to dangerous driving habits. Been curious about which cities actually have the worst drivers by city rankings, so dug into the numbers. Forbes analyzed the 50 most populated cities using five key metrics - fatal accidents, drunk driving incidents, distracted driving, speeding, and total fatalities per 100,000 residents. The results are pretty stark. Albuquerque, New Mexico tops the list with a score of 100/100, which makes sense given their stats on distracted driving and overall fatal crashes. Memphis Tennessee comes in second at 98.51, with the highest drunk driving fatalities and overall crash numbers. Detroit's third with 94.97, followed by Tucson and Kansas City rounding out the top five. What's interesting is that Texas shows up twice in the top 10 - both Dallas and Fort Worth made the list, which suggests some regional patterns in driving behavior. Phoenix and Tampa also cracked the rankings. Looking at the worst drivers by city data, speeding seems to be a huge factor in Kansas City, while distracted driving is particularly bad in Albuquerque. The whole analysis used NHTSA data averaged over 2017-2021, so it's solid methodology. Really makes you think about how insurance companies calculate rates based on these kinds of statistics. If you're in one of these cities, your premiums probably reflect that risk. Anyway, worth keeping in mind if you're shopping around for coverage or just curious about traffic safety trends.