Ontario’s best and worst drivers
Congratulations to Brockville, Ontario for having the lowest collision rate in the province. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada’s latest Ontario Safe Driving Study found that Brockville, about an hour south of Ottawa, led the province with the lowest collision frequency rate for 2009-2011 at 2.48 percent.
Welland (2.95 percent), Chatham (3.26 percent), Amherstburg (3.50 percent) and St. Thomas (3.55 percent) rounded up the top five lowest collision frequencies in the province.
Communities in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) ranked 41 through 45 out of 45 communities for 2009-2011: Bolton (5.96 percent), Markham (6.13 percent), Toronto (6.16 percent), Thornhill (6.24 percent) and Brampton (6.78 percent).
Across the province, the collision frequency rate fell by seven percent between 2007-2009 and 2009-2011. Only five cities had a higher collision frequency rate in 2009-2011 than in 2007-2009: Belleville (moving from the top ranked community last year to number 13), North Bay (previously number 14 and now number 32), Markham (number 28 to 42), Brampton (number 38 to 45) and Toronto (number 35 to 43).
Northern Ontario continues to be the region where drivers have the lowest crash frequency rate, with three Northern Ontario cities ranked in the top ten: Thunder Bay (6), Sault Ste. Marie (9) and Greater Sudbury (10).
“We are pleased to see the overall decrease in Ontario’s collision rate and hope to see this trend continue,” says Tony Irwin, spokesperson for Allstate Canada.” To help, we are reminding drivers to be attentive and patient behind the wheel. We have developed a series of safe driving tips at goodhandsadvice.ca that we encourage drivers to read and keep in mind whenever they are on the road,” says Irwin.
Allstate Canada calculates the Ontario Safe Driving collision frequency rates by dividing the number of claims made with Allstate Canada within a community by the number of cars insured by Allstate Canada in that community. Only communities where Allstate Canada insures a minimum of 900 cars between 2009 and 2011 are ranked. Collisions are linked to the address of the insured, not where the collision took place. Rankings are based solely on Allstate Canada’s car collision frequency data and are in no way tied to insurance rates.
