The online driver education platform Zutobi recently published a new study that examined the road quality across all 50 states, with the intention of ranking the roads of all 50 states from best to worst!
Fortunately for Virginians, the study concluded that the Old Dominion state had the second-best roads in the nation!
What did the study find out about Virginia’s roads?
As we mentioned, the study concluded that the state of Virginia had the second-best roads in the nation, behind only the state of Georgia, with a score of 7.14 out of a potential 10 points.
There were two factors that jumped out from the study’s findings when it came to Virginia, which were:
- Road Quality – The study found that 83% of the public roads were well-maintained and in good condition, which was the second-highest percentage among all 50 states in the study.
- Traffic Fatalities – Using highway fatality rate data sourced from the Bureau of Transportation, the study concluded that Virginia had around 1.04 traffic fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.
Which states have the best roads?
According to the study, the following states rounded out the top-5 for states with the best roads in America:
- Georgia – Total road quality score of 7.42 / 10
- Virginia – Total road quality score of 7.14 / 10
- Wisconsin – Total road quality score of 7.14 / 10 (tied with Virginia in terms of overall score, but had a lower % of ‘Acceptable miles of public road’ compared to Virginia)
- North Dakota – Total road quality score of 7.07/ 10
- Alabama – Total road quality score of 6.94 / 10
Which states have the worst roads?
The study determined the five states with the worst roads in the United States are:
- Oklahoma – Total road quality score of 1.57 / 10
- California – Total road quality score of 2.31 / 10
- West Virginia – Total road quality score of 2.99 / 10
- Mississippi – Total road quality score of 3.06 / 10
- Rhode Island – Total road quality score of 3.13 / 10