Traffic on Interstate 465 moves slowly northbound around Indianapolis, after an overnight snowstorm dumped 10 inches of snow in the Indianapolis metropolitan area in the central part of the state of Indiana, December 23, 2004. A winter storm barreled out of the U.S. Midwest on Thursday, creating misery for holiday travelers, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and breaking snowfall records. REUTERS/Brent Smith BS/SV
A new study ranks Indiana no. 2 with the worst potholes in the U.S.
Quote Wizard released a study of the “states with the worst potholes.” They looked at Google search statistics of the past year. Michigan had the most searches for pothole-related complaints than any other state with a “search index average” of 44. Indiana came in 2nd with 41. The state with the least pothole-related searches was Wyoming.
According to AAA, 1 in 10 drivers sustain enough damage to their vehicle from a pothole that resulted in repair. The average cost of a pothole-related repair is $600. In 2021 potholes cost drivers $26.5 billion.
States With The Worst Posthole Problems
- Michigan
- Indiana
- Rhode Island
- Washington
- Vermont
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Tennessee
- New York
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- California
- Maryland
- Florida
- Colorado
- Missouri
- Connecticut
- New Hamshire
- Oregon
- Texas
- Alaska
- Virgina
- South Dakota
- Idaho
- Montana
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Kansas
- Mississippi
- Nevada
- Wisconsin
- Arizona
- New Mexico
- West Virginia
- Arkansas
- Louisiana
- North Dakota
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- Hawaii
- North Carolina
- Utah
- Delaware
- Neabraska
- Wyoming
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