New York Ranked Best State For Teen Drivers

NEW YORK — Summer is here, which means that teenagers are out of school and on the roads enjoying the season with their friends.

Lucky for them, New York is the best state in the country for teen drivers, according to a new report by WalletHub.

The personal finance website ranked all 50 states across three key dimensions: safety; economic environment; and driving laws. Researchers then evaluated those dimensions using 23 relevant metrics, including the number of teen driver fatalities, the average cost of car repairs, and the presence of impaired driving laws.

Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale. A score of 100 represented the most favorable conditions for teen drivers, according to the researchers at WalletHub.

"We then determined each state's weighted average across all metrics to calculate its overall score and used the resulting scores to rank-order our sample," WalletHub said.

The site crunched the numbers and New York received a total of 72.24 points, the most out of all states.

Trailing the Empire State are Washington, Illinois, and Maryland. The worst state for teen drivers is Montana.

Below are the 10 best states for teen drivers, according to WalletHub.

1. New York
2. Washington
3. Illinois
4. Maryland
5. Oregon
6. Hawaii
7. California
8. Louisiana
9. New Jersey
10. Kentucky

WalletHub says these are the 10 worst states for teen drivers:

1. New Hampshire
2. Mississippi
3. Arkansas
4. Idaho
5. Nebraska
6. North Dakota
7. South Dakota
8. Missouri
9. Wyoming
10. Montana

To read more about WalletHub's methodology, and to see the full report, click here.