Key takeaways:
- Permit further time. Driving at 80 mph or quicker elevated practically 200% Thanksgiving morning in contrast with a typical Thursday morning.
- Put together for the journey dwelling. The Monday after Thanksgiving was Allstate Roadside’s second-busiest day of 2025, with service occasions 52% above the each day common.
- Know your habits and choices for assist. Drivewise® provides enrolled prospects personalised suggestions on their driving. Allstate Roadside offers assist with towing, jump-starts, tire adjustments and different roadside wants, with membership and pay-per-use choices for drivers with or with out Allstate insurance coverage.¹
CHICAGO, Nov. 10, 2026 — Thanksgiving vacationers went farther and drove quicker final yr, with among the greatest adjustments coming late Wednesday night time and Thanksgiving morning, based on Drivewise information from the most recent Allstate Driver Report.
Allstate analyzed greater than 44 million Drivewise journeys in addition to Allstate Roadside service occasions from Thanksgiving 2025, evaluating them with typical journey intervals to assist drivers perceive what to look at for and how one can put together.
Brian Dieringer, president of Allstate Roadside:
“Allstate needs to assist drivers get the place they’re going safely. Give your self further time, watch your pace and verify your automotive earlier than you permit. Drivewise might help enrolled prospects perceive their driving habits, and Allstate Roadside presents membership or pay-per-use assist for automotive breakdowns and accidents.”
When does dangerous driving spike round Thanksgiving?
Late Wednesday night time and Thanksgiving morning deliver among the greatest adjustments in driving habits:
- Wednesday night time will get busier. The variety of journeys elevated greater than 40% between 9 p.m. Wednesday and three a.m. Thursday.
- Speeds climb Thanksgiving morning. Driving at 80 mph or quicker elevated practically 200% between 6 and 9 a.m. and remained greater than 100% above regular by means of lunch.
- Dangerous behaviors stack up Thanksgiving Day. About 1 in 5 journeys concerned a number of dangerous behaviors. Amongst these riskier journeys, greater than 90% mixed rushing and cellphone use.
- Quicker driving continues into Black Friday. From 6 to 9 a.m., high-speed driving was up greater than 80%, even with about half as many journeys as a typical Friday morning.
The place does high-speed driving improve probably the most round Thanksgiving?
Throughout Thanksgiving Day, among the greatest jumps have been in South Carolina (+151%), New York (+149%), Texas (+139%), North Carolina (+129%) and Florida (+123%).
The sample additionally confirmed up on a number of main interstates throughout Thanksgiving week:
- I-40 (+60%), I-30 (+49%) and I-10 (+37%) in Texas
- I-40 in New Mexico (+43%)
- I-30 in Arkansas (+39%)
- I-35 in Kansas (+37%)
- I-20 in Louisiana (+36%)
How far are Thanksgiving drivers going, and the place?
The share of journeys of 100 miles or extra doubled Wednesday and Thursday, and the common Thanksgiving Day journey was greater than 40% longer than typical.
Oklahoma Metropolis noticed a 42% improve in out-of-state drivers throughout Thanksgiving week, adopted by Jacksonville, Florida (+19%), San Antonio (+16%), New Orleans (+14%) and Columbus, Ohio (+14%).
Journey quantity additionally elevated sharply alongside a number of interstate corridors:
- I-20 in Mississippi (+57%) and Louisiana (+49%)
- I-95 in North Carolina (+52%) and South Carolina (+48%)
- I-10 in Mississippi (+47%)
What ought to Thanksgiving drivers look ahead to on the journey dwelling?
The Monday after the vacation was Allstate Roadside’s second-busiest day of 2025, with service occasions 52% above the each day common. Over the vacation, about 3 in 5 service occasions required a tow, whereas jump-starts have been the commonest service that didn’t contain towing.
What can Thanksgiving drivers do earlier than hitting the highway?
A safer Thanksgiving drive begins earlier than you permit. Drivewise within the Allstate app might help enrolled prospects perceive driving habits like pace, braking and cellphone exercise. You too can take a couple of easy steps to arrange for the journey forward:
- Pack for a delay. Preserve water, snacks, drugs and cellphone chargers within the automotive in case visitors, collisions or climate prolong your journey.
- Permit further time. Set your navigation earlier than leaving and don’t attempt to make up time on the highway.
- Verify your battery and tires. Handle potential issues earlier than an extended drive, particularly earlier than the drive dwelling, when roadside help demand picks up.
- Know how one can get assist. Overview your roadside help choices earlier than touring in case of a breakdown. Allstate Roadside presents membership and pay-per-use choices, whether or not or not you’ve Allstate insurance coverage.
Methodology
Drivewise findings are primarily based on aggregated and anonymized information from greater than 44 million journeys taken Nov. 22-30, 2025, in contrast with Nov. 8-16, 2025. Particular person vacation days have been in contrast with designated same-weekday baselines, with a separate October management interval used to assist assess whether or not adjustments have been distinctive to the vacation interval. Excessive-speed driving means driving at 80 mph or quicker, and adjustments in high-speed driving mirror the % change within the share of miles pushed at 80 mph or quicker, in contrast with the relevant baseline interval. Rushing means driving greater than 15 mph over the posted restrict. Telephone use displays cellphone dealing with measured within the Drivewise evaluation. Out-of-state drivers mirror the common each day variety of Drivewise customers whose journeys led to a state aside from their coverage state. Interstate journey quantity displays the change in Drivewise journeys touring every interstate throughout Thanksgiving week, in contrast with Nov. 8-16, 2025. Interstate figures mirror the mixed change throughout every interstate’s stretches inside a state and exclude frontage roads, enterprise loops and enterprise routes. Rankings of will increase by state, metropolis and interstate exclude locations the place the October management interval additionally shifted 10% or extra.
Allstate Roadside findings are primarily based on roadside service occasions from Nov. 20 to Dec. 2, 2025, in contrast with the 2025 each day common the place famous.
Steadily requested questions
Are you able to get Allstate Roadside with out Allstate insurance coverage?
Sure. Allstate Roadside is on the market to drivers with or with out an Allstate insurance coverage coverage. Drivers can select a membership or use pay-per-use assist after they want it. Allstate Roadside can be out there by means of the Allstate app, with providers reminiscent of towing, jump-starts, tire adjustments, lockout help and gasoline supply.¹
What does Drivewise assist drivers perceive?
Drivewise® within the Allstate app provides enrolled prospects personalised suggestions on pace, braking and cellphone exercise to assist them perceive their driving and make enhancements.
Can Drivewise assist drivers save on their insurance coverage?
Sure. Drivewise connects enrolled prospects to a extra personalised auto insurance coverage fee primarily based on their on a regular basis driving. Clients might save only for taking part, and their total financial savings rely on their driving and state. In some states, high-risk driving might improve the value they pay.²
1 Allstate Roadside providers are topic to availability, phrases and situations. Response occasions range by location, visitors and climate.
2 Drivewise financial savings are usually not out there in CA and AK. Topic to phrases, situations and availability. Smartphone and obtain of Allstate Cell app with activation of Drivewise required. Financial savings primarily based on driving habits and will range by state. In some states, participation in Drivewise permits Allstate to make use of your driving information for functions of ranking. Whereas in some states your fee may improve with high-risk driving, safer drivers will save with Drivewise.
About Allstate
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