Reviewed by: Nathan Watson
Birmingham drivers ranked 15th worst in the U.S. by new report
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Birmingham is the 15th worst city for drivers in the U.S., according to a new 2025 report released by Consumer Affairs.
The group, which ranked 327 American cities, based their study on federal crash data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Categories included:
- Fatal crashes involving bad driving per 100K people
- Total fatalities per 100K people
- Fatalities involving DUIs per 100K people
- Fatalities involving speeding per 100K people
The area Birmingham performed worst in 2025 was fatalities per 100K people. The U.S. average for fatalities is 12.31. Birmingham’s fatalities were almost double that number at 24.58.
The Magic City also unfortunately moved up in the national rankings from 17th in the 2024 study to 15th in 2025.
How did other Alabama cities do?
Birmingham was not the worst city for Alabama drivers in 2025. Mobile ranked 12th on the list falling from 75th in 2024.
A cluster of Alabama cities were listed in the middle of the 2025 rankings — Tuscaloosa, Montgomery and Huntsville. The good news, all three improved their numbers and rankings significantly between the 2024 and 2025 reports
- Tuscaloosa – #140 in 2025 – Positive change in rank from 101 in 2024
- Montgomery – #143 in 2025 – Positive change in rank from 92 in 2024
- Huntsville – #145 in 2025 – Positive change in rank from 100 in 2024
Want to see the national list? Here is the list from Consumer Affairs.
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