Port St. Lucie still ranks among Florida’s safest cities

Описание: Nearly 10,000 crashes in less than two years. At first glance, the numbers in Port St. Lucie look alarming. But dig deeper, and the city tells a very different story: one of the safest places to drive in Florida.

According to the Port St. Lucie Police Department, the city recorded roughly 5,500 crashes in 2024 and has already logged close to 4,000 crashes in 2025 as of mid-September. That adds up to more than 9,500 wrecks in just 20 months — an average of about 15 crashes a day, or one every 90 minutes.

It seems concerning, but Port St. Lucie Police spokesperson Dominick Mesiti says raw numbers don’t tell the whole story.

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