This KC-area city has some of the safest drivers in the country, new report says

Keep an eye on the road — a recent report found multiple cities across Missouri and Kansas are ranked low for safe driving.

Allstate Insurance publishes an annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report that highlights the safest and unsafest drivers across the 200 largest cities in the US. Some of the data is collected on Allstate’s app through Drivewise, which measures braking, phone use, nighttime driving and speeding across the country. The information is also gathered from auto insurance claims data.

“These are behaviors drivers can control to lower their chances of a crash and help avoid the out-of-pocket and insurance costs that often follow,” according to the press release.

Four Kansas cities and three Missouri cities made it on the list, which includes data on the average years between collisions, the odds of a collision compared to the national average, and the shift in ranking from last year. The cities are ordered from safest to riskiest drivers.

Olathe has made it on the ‘safest cities for drivers’ list for two consecutive years. It made it on the list at 6th place in 2025, but lost momentum and declined to 10th place this year. Meanwhile, Overland Park rose three ranks to 12th place, and Wichita is the lowest in the state at 37th place.

Kansas City, Kansas ranked 15th safest overall, with a lower chance of crashing than the national average. KCK saw one of the highest climbs across the board, rising 29 spots compared to last year.

Kansas City, Missouri, on the other hand fell in the ranks significantly compared to past years, coming in at 108 of 200.

Rankings in the Midwest saw some of the most dramatic declines across four major cities: Chicago, Indianapolis, Milwaukee and Omaha.

Regardless, the East Coast holds some of the riskiest cities, including three from Massachusetts that made the ‘top riskist drivers’ list. Washington DC ranks second in riskiest, beat out by Boston. Boston drivers are 189% more likely to experience a collision than the national average, according to the release. Phone use was elevated in metro areas and nighttime driving is more prominent in Washington DC, Las Vegas and New York City.

Meanwhile, Texas has some of the safest cities, with Brownsville, Laredo, and McAllen all ranked in the top 10.