Salt Lake County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 73 deaths in 69 fatal crashes in Salt Lake County in 2024.

FARS records 736 deaths in 700 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 6.3 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Utah in the same years is 8.7.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Salt Lake County was number 1 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Salt Lake County rose by 21.3% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (607) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (736).

In the counties of Utah the deaths rose by 9.6% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 5.9% of the fatal crashes in Salt Lake County with a known setting were rural, against 40.2% in Utah.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Salt Lake County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Salt Lake County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	73	69	23
2023	68	61	15
2022	94	88	23
2021	82	80	19
2020	71	68	20
2019	67	65	15
2018	67	64	18
2017	69	65	19
2016	69	67	11
2015	76	73	14
2015 to 2024	736	700	177

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Salt Lake County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 111 (1978)2024: 73

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Salt Lake County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	73	69
2023	68	61
2022	94	88
2021	82	80
2020	71	68
2019	67	65
2018	67	64
2017	69	65
2016	69	67
2015	76	73
2014	66	58
2013	53	52
2012	64	57
2011	66	62
2010	61	57
2009	46	41
2008	64	62
2007	54	49
2006	70	65
2005	63	54
2004	73	66
2003	51	40
2002	52	49
2001	69	62
2000	88	78
1999	79	72
1998	76	71
1997	96	81
1996	77	71
1995	102	87
1994	90	82
1993	77	67
1992	63	58
1991	65	60
1990	59	55
1989	87	80
1988	77	74
1987	96	92
1986	94	82
1985	90	82
1984	92	85
1983	75	73
1982	83	73
1981	93	85
1980	110	101
1979	90	82
1978	111	98
1977	96	85
1976	79	72
1975	82	76

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Salt Lake County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Salt Lake County	Utah	United States
2024	6.0	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	6.3	8.7	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Salt Lake County had 1,217,454 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Salt Lake County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 700 fatal crashes	177	700 fatal crashes	25.3%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 700 fatal crashes	195	700 fatal crashes	27.9%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 321 occupant deaths with restraint use known	137	321 occupant deathswith restraint use known	42.7%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 736 deaths	193	736 deaths	26.2%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 736 deaths	21	736 deaths	2.9%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 736 deaths	126	736 deaths	17.1%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 699 fatal crashes with the condition reported	41	699 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	5.9%	40.2%
In the darkof 694 fatal crashes with the condition reported	365	694 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.6%	40.5%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Salt Lake County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	39	11	18	23	91
Monday	7	26	19	25	77
Tuesday	10	20	22	35	87
Wednesday	7	18	31	44	100
Thursday	17	29	25	28	99
Friday	17	23	29	46	115
Saturday	38	23	21	47	129
All days	135	150	165	248	698

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Salt Lake County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	106	15.2%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	8	1.1%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	322	46.1%	39.9%
Minor arterial	113	16.2%	14.9%
Major collector	87	12.4%	11.9%
Minor collector	13	1.9%	3.3%
Local	50	7.2%	9.7%
Not reported	1 or 2	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Salt Lake County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	308
Dark, not lighted	136
Dark, lighted	216
Dawn	11
Dusk	10
Dark, lighting unknown	13
Other or unknown	6

Table 8.Salt Lake County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	531
Cloudy	118
Rain	31
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	7
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	10

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Salt Lake County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Salt Lake	In all of Utah
Interstate 15	Interstate	49	271
Interstate 80	Interstate	22	89
Interstate 215	Interstate	33	34
State Route 68	State highway	56	74
State Route 71	State highway	21	21
State Route 85	State highway	22	22
State Route 154	State highway	25	27
State Route 171	State highway	27	27
State Route 201	State highway	29	29
US Route 89	US highway	44	185

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Utah

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Salt Lake County on the county map of Utah

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 106 counties
10 to 14.94 counties
15 to 19.94 counties
20 to 29.93 counties
30 or more11 counties
Count of 1 or 2, no rate shown1 county
Salt Lake County: 6.3

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Utah

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Salt Lake County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Davis County	Utah	11	151	4.2
Morgan County	Utah	1 or 2	22	18.0
Summit County	Utah	3	49	11.7
Tooele County	Utah	10	121	16.5
Utah County	Utah	33	338	5.2
Wasatch County	Utah	9	93	27.2

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Utah have a population nearest to that of Salt Lake County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Utah Highway Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Utah.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Salt Lake in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 607 deaths in Salt Lake County from 2005 to 2014. It records 736 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Salt Lake in 2024?

The rate of Salt Lake County in 2024 was 6.0 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Utah was 7.9. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Salt Lake had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 177 of 700 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Salt Lake?

10 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 328 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.