America’s Most Improved Drivers

The table below shows how drivers ranked over 5 years, and which states are the most and least improved in their driving (1st place being the best drivers, and 50th the worst).

State Ranking 2018 Ranking 2019 Ranking 2020 Ranking 2021 Ranking 2022 Change in Ranking (2018-2022) Overall Improvement Ranking
Arizona 49th 44th 45th 38th 8th +41 1st
North Dakota 41st 4th 30th 34th 6th +35 2nd
California 34th 48th 46th 39th 2nd +32 3rd
Wisconsin 31st 23rd 28th 30th 4th +27 4th
Hawaii 36th 29th 31st 29th 9th +27 5th
Rhode Island 37th 7th 19th 10th 10th +27 6th
Montana 50th 27th 27th 22nd 24th +26 7th
North Carolina 43rd 24th 24th 16th 18th +25 8th
South Carolina 45th 39th 44th 33rd 20th +25 9th
Colorado 35th 37th 36th 31st 12th +23 10th
Texas 47th 45th 43rd 49th 27th +20 11th
Nevada 46th 46th 49th 35th 29th +17 12th
Wyoming 30th 20th 11th 37th 14th +16 13th
Oregon 28th 35th 38th 36th 16th +12 14th
Alabama 40th 49th 39th 45th 28th +12 15th
Idaho 21st 25th 17th 24th 11th +10 16th
New Mexico 44th 12th 6th 48th 34th +10 17th
Utah 8th 10th 2nd 6th 1st +7 18th
Missouri 32nd 41st 33rd 47th 26th +6 19th
Louisiana 48th 38th 40th 40th 42nd +6 20th
Indiana 20th 28th 21st 28th 15th +5 21st
Florida 26th 47th 47th 41st 21st +5 22nd
Ohio 5th 13th 8th 13th 5th 0 23rd
Nebraska 13th 2nd 3rd 9th 13th 0 24th
Tennessee 23rd 42nd 48th 44th 23rd 0 25th
Mississippi 38th 50th 50th 50th 39th -1 26th
Iowa 1st 19th 14th 19th 3rd -2 27th
Virginia 4th 18th 22nd 26th 7th -3 28th
Oklahoma 33rd 33rd 29th 46th 37th -4 29th
Maine 39th 6th 5th 11th 43rd -4 30th
Georgia 12th 34th 35th 32nd 17th -5 31st
Delaware 42nd 9th 12th 8th 47th -5 32nd
Kansas 16th 16th 9th 18th 22nd -6 33rd
Washington 15th 31st 32nd 25th 25th -10 34th
Alaska 25th 43rd 41st 21st 36th -11 35th
Massachusetts 7th 1st 1st 1st 19th -12 36th
Pennsylvania 22nd 14th 18th 2nd 35th -13 37th
Illinois 27th 11th 15th 15th 40th -13 38th
Kentucky 29th 36th 34th 43rd 45th -16 39th
South Dakota 14th 21st 23rd 14th 32nd -18 40th
Maryland 11th 15th 26th 20th 30th -19 41st
New York 19th 26th 13th 5th 38th -19 42nd
Arkansas 24th 40th 37th 42nd 46th -22 43rd
New Hampshire 17th 8th 10th 7th 44th -27 44th
Minnesota 2nd 17th 20th 17th 31st -29 45th
New Jersey 3rd 32nd 42nd 12th 33rd -30 46th
Connecticut 18th 5th 7th 4th 50th -32 47th
Vermont 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 41st -35 48th
West Virginia 9th 22nd 16th 23rd 48th -39 49th
Michigan 10th 30th 25th 27th 49th -39 50th