The Capitals of Crash - how does your city rank?

Just reading this now... As a New Yorker, I am not surprised at our A+ grade. I honestly see very few accidents. I think living in a city that's so crowded, everyone develops a good ability to stay in your own space. Drivers are a little agressive, but they are good drivers and know what they can do without crashing. Also, the streets tend to be so congested, that no one can go fast enough to actually crash!

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Originally Posted by pyxichick

Minneapolis is quite safe (7) but I guess I'll try to do more rides on the other side of the river from now on. St. Paul ranked 6th!

I gotta say, our drivers are really pretty good, at least when it comes to respecting cyclists. I suspect that's because most of them also have bikes.

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I'm weary of riding on the roads here because so many drivers cannot follow traffic laws. For frick's sake, I am nearly hit by a driver when crossing the street, when I have the right of way, 2-3 times every week. When I do try riding road, I don't feel like they're intentionally tailing me/giving me little room/whatever, but I feel like they could be much more curtious, and I do see plenty of other cyclists get cut off, etc when they are following traffic laws and have the right of way.

I mostly stay in the south Minneapolis/Edina/Richfield area, but to me this isn't accurate. Maybe drivers are not causing as many crashes as other states, but by no means are our drivers good and/or safe drivers.