New Study Pinpoints America’s Least Safe Places to Drive This Holiday Season

Go Safe Labs Specifies Top Safety Traffic Hotspots for Drivers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 18, 2019

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San Francisco, CA — Go Safe Labs today released the findings of a comprehensive study that pinpoints the least safe places to drive in America’s top cities for holiday season traffic accidents -- providing specific transportation safety information as drivers get ready for holiday travel.

“Today we are enthusiastic to share our research on holiday hotspots. We think that with a little more data and analytics about locations you might avoid, it can make all of our holidays even better,” said Kevin Pomplun, Chairman of Go Safe Labs.

Using publicly available data from local, state, and federal sources, Go Safe Labs isolated 201,348 accidents that occurred during the month of December from 2016 - 2018. Their data science experts then subset the data by city code and found the 10 highest accident counts by city -- with hundreds occurring at complex and confusing highway interchanges.

With granular detail that can help drivers make more informed driving decisions, Go Safe Labs’ analysis specifies the latitude and longitude coordinates for the holiday season’s top safety hotspots. For example, their experts found that Atlanta’s Downtown Connector had 52 holiday season accidents at latitude 33.744976 and longitude -84.390343. These specific details can help drivers make more informed decisions as they travel for the holidays.

Go Safe Labs’ holiday safety hotspot rankings can be found below:

The number of estimated people involved in each accident was calculated based on average vehicle occupancy rates, and conservatively assumes two cars were involved in each accident.

Go Safe Labs’ full study can be found at the following link HERE.

ABOUT GO SAFE LABS

Go Safe Labs is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses data to advance transportation infrastructure and enhance public safety. By assembling and standardizing transportation data at the local, state, and federal levels, Go Safe Labs aims to serve the public interest by providing information and analysis that can improve transportation safety and optimize decision-making. Data sets analyzed by Go Safe Labs provide additional insight into public safety, public infrastructure, transportation safety, and mobile navigation.