PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) -
A major insurance company believes Portland drivers are among the least safe in the nation.
Allstate released its annual report on the best drivers in the U.S. based on car collision frequency.
Portland ranked 151st out of 200 cities.
In fact, the study calls Portland "one of the least safe driving cities" in America.
The report said the average Portland driver will experience an auto collision every eight years.
Portland drivers plummeted in the rankings from 128th last year and 113th in 2010.
Eugene and Salem both fared much better.
Eugene ranked as the nation's 12th safest city for motorists, with drivers only reporting a collision every 12 years on average. That's 16.5 percent less than the national average.
Salem ranked 72nd with a crash reported for the average driver every 9.7 years.
Sioux Falls, SD, is America's safest driving city, according to Allstate's rankings.
Seattle was 154th on the list. Tacoma came in at 156th.
Go to the Allstate website for the full report.
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