Colorado driver behavior ranks smack dab in the middle among the 50 states, but oh baby, do we ever love to speed and use our cell phones, says a new study by EverQuote, an online insurance marketplace.

And though drivers throughout the West have a penchant for speed, harsh braking and cell phone use, the worst drivers are in the Northeast, the study found.

The best motorists were in Montana, Wyoming, Alaska, North and South Dakota, while the worst were found in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Rhode Island, according to the study’s analysis of data from more than 2.7 million vehicle trips and 230 million miles driven in 2016-17.

The state-by-state analysis released Thursday, available here, shows that Colorado has the 25th best drivers in the nation but ranks 18th for phone use behind the wheel, with 35 percent of drives including at least one incident of distracted driving.

And the Centennial State’s drivers ranked 19th for speeding, exceeding legal limits on 33 percent of all trips.

While Montana had an overall safe-driving score of 90, Colorado’s was 81, with the drivers’ phone use and speeding scored 81 and 83, respectively – the same averages as those for the entire West.

Colorado scored lower than the region and the nation, though, on acceleration and turning, at 83 and 84 respectively, compared with 86 and 87 for the West and with 85 and 86 for the nation.

The U.S. now has its most drivers ever, estimated at 214 million, heightening the need for safe driving habits, EverQuote’s study emphasized.

With the business’s safe-driving app, EverDrive, motorists can track their habits to sharpen their motoring skills.

Other fun facts plucked from the study show:

◘ U.S. drivers logged more than 256 million miles over the past year, enough to circle Earth nearly 10,280 times or visit the moon 1,071 times, according to NASA.

◘ Men were 5 percent more likely than women to speed, with women putting the pedal to metal during 38 percent of trips compared with 40 percent for men.

◘ But men were 10 percent less likely to use their phones while driving, chatting during 39 percent of trips compared with 43 percent for women.

◘ Drivers younger than 21 were even worse, usingi their phone during 45 percent of all drives compared with 39 percent for motorists older than 21.

◘ Age doesn’t slow drivers. Whether older or younger than 21, drivers sped in nearly 40 percent of all trips.