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Orangevale Has the Most Temporarily Revoked Drivers' Licenses in California

Jul 25, 2019 12:00AM ● By Kacie Saxer-Traulbee, Insurify

ORANGEVALE, CA (MPG) - A recent analysis has revealed that Orangevale has the most motorists with temporarily revoked drivers’ licenses in California. To take a deeper look at suspended license rates, the data science team at Insurify, an auto insurance quotes comparison site, ran the numbers to determine which areas nationwide had the highest percentage of drivers with a suspended license.

Orangevale, California has a 10.0 percent of drivers with a suspended license; the percentage of drivers with a prior driving violation is 28.82 percent; and the percentage of fatal crash drivers with an invalid license state-wide was18 percent.

In the United States, an average of 2.59 percent of drivers reported having a suspended license. Nationally, 22.32 percent of drivers reported having committed at least one traffic violation. Drivers with suspended licenses are also more likely to be involved in fatal accidents. According to a study done in 2014 by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), drivers with invalid licenses comprised 13 percent of all motorists involved in fatal crashes.

Where it rains, it pours… license suspensions. Among the top 15 cities with the highest rates of suspended licenses nationwide, there were three states that made frequent appearances. Indiana had three cities that came in ninth, 13th, and 15th, respectively. That being said, it wasn’t even the state with the most cities ranking within the top 15. Ohio was home to four different cities at the top of the list, and those cities held the third, fourth, 12th, and 14th places. Virginia also saw four cities crack the top 15. Those cities slotted in at number one, six, seven, and 10 on the list.

More drivers do not equal more suspended licenses. From the database, researchers identified the city in each of the 50 states (plus Washington, D.C.) with the highest percentage of drivers with suspended licenses. However, there is no significant correlation between the population of the city and the proportion of drivers with temporarily rescinded licenses. Take, for example, Phoenix and Detroit, which were the two most populous cities among those with the most license suspensions in their respective states. Overall, both of these cities ranked near the bottom of the list of cities with the most suspended licenses in their states.