Allstate Customers Using Safe Driving App Have 25% Fewer Severe Collisions
Research reveals Drivewise® customers are safer on the road than other drivers.
Allstate found customers who choose to use Drivewise are 25% less likely to have a severe collision than those who don’t.1 Driving behavior research from Arity also reveals that Drivewise customers handle their phones less, speed less and hard brake less on average than other connected drivers by as much as 44%.2 Drivewise is an optional usage-based insurance feature that customers can sign up for through the Allstate app to get safe driving feedback after each trip and help save money on their policy.
Among the 100 most populous urban areas in the
- Handle their phones 44% less while driving.
- Spend 23% less of their driving distance traveling at high speed.
- Have an 11% lower rate of hard braking.
“We offer customers the choice to pay a rate based on their driving,” said
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Drivewise evaluates and helps educate on driving behaviors that can contribute to these issues, including speed, braking and how often customers use their phone while behind the wheel. Additional features like crash detection services can quickly connect customers with help when they’re in an accident. More information about Drivewise can be found at Allstate.com/Drivewise.
Where are the safest drivers?
More of these findings will be revealed alongside the upcoming 16thAllstate America's Best Drivers Report®, which will include a ranking of the top 100 U.S. urban areas by driving behavior, such as phone handling, high-speed driving and hard braking.
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About Arity
Arity is a mobility data and analytics company that provides data-driven solutions to companies invested in transportation, enabling them to deliver mobility services that are smarter, safer, and more economical. Arity collects and analyzes trillions of miles of driving data to create a greater understanding of how people move. With the world’s largest driving dataset tied to insurance claims collected through mobile devices, in-car devices, and vehicles themselves, Arity derives unique insights that help insurers, developers, marketers, and communities understand and predict driving behavior at scale. Arity was founded by
Methodology
1Allstate data comparing accidents of Drivewise customers against non-Drivewise customers where bodily injury claims costs exceed
2Arity data comparing driving behavior of Drivewise customers against Arity’s approximately 40 million connections of other drivers. Drivewise customers make up about 5% of Arity’s total active connections. For this analysis, phone handling is calculated when a customer’s smartphone is in use while a trip is in progress; High-speed driving is calculated when a customer drives over 80 mph; Hard braking is calculated when a customer decelerates more than 7 mph in one second. Data is based on the location of a trip and not the zip code of a customer or their vehicle. Drivewise Mobile savings are not available in
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