PR Newswire | Oct 21, 2020 06:00AM EDT

10/21 05:00 CDT

QuoteWizard's 5th Annual Best and Worst Driver Report SEATTLE, Oct. 21, 2020

SEATTLE, Oct. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoteWizard(r), a LendingTree company and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces released its 5th annual Best and Worst Drivers by State Report. Many people have experienced driving in all parts of the country and have their thoughts on who is among the best or worst. What is your favorite and least favorite state to drive in? Do our rankings do it justice?

Visit the full report here: https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/the-best-and-worst-drivers-by-state

The worst driving states

* Wyoming * Virginia * Colorado * New Jersey * South Dakota The best driving states

* West Virginia * Missouri * Michigan * New Mexico * Texas Methodology

We analyzed over 2 million insurance quotes from QuoteWizard drivers to see which states had the best and worst drivers. To get rankings, we built a composite score between four driving incident factors:

* Accidents * Speeding tickets * DUIs * Citations

Rankings are a composite score based on the rate of occurrence between the four ranking factors. States considered to have the worst drivers had the highest rates of each incident factor. States considered to have the best drivers had the lowest rates of each incident factor.

Rank (Worst to Best)State

1 Wyoming

2 Virginia

3 Colorado

4 New Jersey

5 South Dakota

6 Vermont

7 Maryland

8 Washington

9 Ohio

10 South Carolina

11 Georgia

12 North Dakota

13 Oregon

14 California

15 Delaware

16 Nebraska

17 Wisconsin

18 Arkansas

19 Indiana

20 Idaho

21 Maine

22 Utah

23 Alaska

24 Kansas

25 Connecticut

26 New York

27 Tennessee

28 Iowa

29 Pennsylvania

30 Louisiana

31 Minnesota

32 Alabama

33 Massachusetts

34 New Hampshire

35 Rhode Island

36 Hawaii

37 Mississippi

38 North Carolina

39 Arizona

40 Oklahoma

41 Montana

42 Nevada

43 Kentucky

44 Illinois

45 Florida

46 Texas

47 New Mexico

48 Michigan

49 Missouri

50 West Virginia

About QuoteWizardQuoteWizard (quotewizard.com) is an insurance comparison marketplace for consumers looking to save on insurance. QuoteWizard provides consumers with direct access to thousands of qualified agents in all 50 states, as well as major carriers, who offer personalized quotes and the opportunity to save up to 40% on auto, home, health, and life insurance. Agents and carriers, in turn, benefit from millions of highly qualified leads, calls, and traffic to their site. Based in Seattle, QuoteWizard was founded in 2006.

For more information, go to quotewizard.com, like our Facebook page and/or follow us on Twitter @quotewizard.

About LendingTreeLendingTree (NASDAQ: TREE) is the nation's leading online marketplace that connects consumers with the choices they need to be confident in their financial decisions. LendingTree empowers consumers to shop for financial services the same way they would shop for airline tickets or hotel stays, comparing multiple offers from a nationwide network of over 500 partners in one simple search, and can choose the option that best fits their financial needs. Services include mortgage loans, mortgage refinances, auto loans, personal loans, business loans, student refinances, credit cards and more. Through the My LendingTree platform, consumers receive free credit scores, credit monitoring, and recommendations to improve credit health. My LendingTree proactively compares consumers' credit accounts against offers on our network and notifies consumers when there is an opportunity to save money. In short, LendingTree's purpose is to help simplify financial decisions for life's meaningful moments through choice, education and support. LendingTree, LLC is a subsidiary of LendingTree, Inc.

Media Contacts:Emily: emily@quotewizardnews.comNathan: nathan@quotewizardnews.com

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