Most stressful places for a vehicle breakdown
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#1 Brooklyn–Queens Expressway I-278 through Brooklyn, New York City — among the most stressful places for a vehicle breakdown.
n = 3,004 U.S. drivers · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
What it means
The full ranking: #1 Brooklyn–Queens Expressway I-278 through Brooklyn, New York City; #2 I-45/I-69 interchange through downtown Houston, Texas; #3 Cross Bronx Expressway I-95, New York City; #4 I-75/I-85 Downtown Connector, Atlanta, Georgia; #5 I-95 through central Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; #6 Long Island Expressway I-495 through Queens, New York City; #7 I-75 through downtown Detroit, Michigan; #8 I-80 approaching the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, California; #9 I-70 through west Denver, Colorado; #10 I-294 Tri-State Tollway near O’Hare, Illinois.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,004
- Population
- U.S. drivers
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- America's Most Stressful Breakdown Spots
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Most stressful places for a vehicle breakdown" Survey of 3,004 U.S. drivers, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/most-stressful-places-for-a-vehicle-breakdown
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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