Allstate analyzed data related to auto insurance claims in the 200 most-populated U.S. cities to create the 2025 America’s Best Drivers Report.
TEXAS, USA — The safest driving city in the U.S. is in Texas, according Allstate’s 2025 America’s Best Drivers Report.
Right on the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville. In fact, only four Texas cities made the top 20, and they’re all in South Texas.
Texas cities in top 20 safest driving list
- Brownsville (No. 1)
- Laredo (No. 5)
- McAllen (No. 11)
- Corpus Christi (No. 20)
Texas cities in top 20 riskiest driving list
None of the cities in Texas were in the bottom 20 of the 2025 report. The lowest-ranked Texas city was Garland at No. 170.
Driving by the numbers: What the data reveals | 2025 America’s Best Drivers Report
Allstate’s 2025 America’s Best Drivers Report analyzed data related to auto insurance claims in the 200 most-populated U.S. cities. The report was first started in 2005 and is released annually. The 2025 report shows that everything really is bigger – and apparently safer – in the Lone Star State. Twenty-one cities, including major metros such as Austin, Fort Worth, Houston and Dallas, have climbed the ranks over the past decade, the report stated.
The riskiest city for driving in the U.S., according to the report, is Boston, MA.
Here is a full list of where the Texas cities rank in the 200 cities reviewed for this report:
- Brownsville (No. 1)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): -25.9%
- Change from 2015 rank: +1
- Laredo (No. 5)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): -17.7%
- Change from 2015 rank: -3
- McAllen (No. 11)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): -12.9%
- Change from 2015 rank: +25
- Corpus Christi (No. 20)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): -6.0%
- Change from 2015 rank: +38
- Amarillo (No. 28)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): -3.0%
- Change from 2015 rank: -5
- El Paso (No. 38)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): -0.9%
- Change from 2015 rank: +12
- Lubbock (No. 45)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +0.2%
- Change from 2015 rank: +8
- Killeen (No. 74)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +9.2%
- Change from 2015 rank: +61
- Pasadena (No. 89)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +11.2%
- Change from 2015 rank: +20
- Frisco (No. 95)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +15.6%
- Change from 2015 rank: +51
- Waco (No. 112)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +21.2%
- Change from 2015 rank: -6
- Grand Prairie (No. 113)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +21.4%
- Change from 2015 rank: +58
- McKinney (No. 118)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +22.8%
- Change from 2015 rank: +36
- Plano (No. 122)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +23.7%
- Change from 2015 rank: +41
- Denton (No. 123)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +24.0%
- Change from 2015 rank: New addition
- Fort Worth (No. 128)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +27.7%
- Change from 2015 rank: +25
- San Antonio (No. 129)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +28.5%
- Change from 2015 rank: +8
- Irving (No. 134)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +29.6%
- Change from 2015 rank: +48
- Austin (No. 135)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +29.9%
- Change from 2015 rank: +31
- Arlington (No. 143)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +33.6%
- Change from 2015 rank: +32
- Mesquite (No. 151)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +35.6%
- Change from 2015 rank: +11
- Houston (No. 154)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +36.1%
- Change from 2015 rank: +16
- Dallas (No. 165)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +41.4%
- Change from 2015 rank: +12
- Garland (No. 170)
- Relative collision likelihood (to national average): +42.4%
- Change from 2015 rank: +11