Watch Out For these Iowa Vehicles With The Highest Incident Rates

Do you judge cars and their drivers while driving?  Perhaps you should.  Certain brands are more likely to get into an accident, drive under the influence, or be involved in other road-related incidents.

In Iowa, the car brand with the highest incident rate is also the number one vehicle brand in the country most likely to be busted for a DUI.

The Vehicle Brand With The Most Driving Incidents

Lending Tree conducted a study to find out what vehicle brands are the worst for "incidents" in America.  This list looks at the Top 10 worst in the country and in Iowa.

10 - Toyota

Toyota has 25.13 incidents per 1000 drivers.

9 - Hyundai

8 - Infiniti

If you are in Rhode Island watch out for anybody in an Infiniti.  Rhode Island Infiniti drivers had 64.69 incidents per 1,000 drivers.

7 - Lexus

6 - BMW

In Iowa, the car you need to look out for is the BMW. With a 46.75 per 1,000 incident rate, this is the worst car brand to be on the roads in Iowa.

And more than that, BMW drivers have the highest DUI rate in the country at 3.13 DUIs per 1,000 drivers.  That is almost twice the rate of DUIs compared to the other auto brands.

5 - Mazda

4 - Volkswagen

They don't make the Beetle anymore, but their other brands still have 27.92 incidents per 1000 drivers.

3 - Subaru

Three brands have incident rates over 30 and Subaru is the first over that threshold.  But they probably get in more accidents cause they are traveling through hazardous weather conditions and on backroads to their next hiking adventure.

2 - Tesla

Tesla drivers are number two on the overall incident list but they are number one when it comes to amount of accidents.  From Nov. 14, 2022, through Nov. 14, 2023, Tesla drivers had 23.54 accidents per 1,000 drivers.

With an overall incident rate of 31.13 per 1,000 drivers, Teslas come in just behind a vehicle much unlike the electric brand.

1 - Ram

Ram has 32.90 incidents per 1,000 drivers and is the worst in 23 states, including Illinois which had 32.23 incidents per 1,000 drivers.

Ram drivers had more speeding incidents per 1,000 drivers (4.42) than all other brands. Ram drivers also had the second most accidents (22.76) and DUIs (1.72) and the fifth most citations (8.00).

If see a Ram with Illinois plates beware.  That is the number one car with the most incidents in Illinois.

Wisconsin plates?  Beware the Tesla with the 39.24 incidents per 1,000.

For your safety, it's ok to judge while on the road.