Utah County, Utah: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 33 deaths in 30 fatal crashes in Utah County in 2024.

FARS records 338 deaths in 313 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 5.2 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, Utah County was number 2 of 29 counties of Utah.

Deaths in Utah County rose by 33.1% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (254) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (338).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 19.9% of the fatal crashes in Utah 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 Utah 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.Utah County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	33	30	10
2023	31	29	7
2022	42	37	4
2021	38	33	8
2020	33	32	3
2019	25	24	3
2018	41	39	7
2017	25	25	5
2016	31	29	6
2015	39	35	4
2015 to 2024	338	313	57

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 49 (1996)2024: 33

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

Table 2.Utah County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	33	30
2023	31	29
2022	42	37
2021	38	33
2020	33	32
2019	25	24
2018	41	39
2017	25	25
2016	31	29
2015	39	35
2014	24	20
2013	21	20
2012	20	19
2011	19	18
2010	32	26
2009	21	17
2008	42	38
2007	24	22
2006	30	26
2005	21	19
2004	26	25
2003	38	35
2002	38	32
2001	25	23
2000	45	39
1999	44	40
1998	46	38
1997	46	42
1996	49	43
1995	39	35
1994	41	32
1993	31	26
1992	27	22
1991	42	39
1990	24	22
1989	37	29
1988	36	28
1987	34	31
1986	34	28
1985	37	28
1984	29	25
1983	26	24
1982	33	29
1981	31	26
1980	38	32
1979	35	32
1978	42	35
1977	27	25
1976	29	25
1975	29	26

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.Utah County beside Utah and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Utah County	Utah	United States
2024	4.4	7.9	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	5.2	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. Utah County had 745,668 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Utah County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Utah
A driver recorded as drinkingof 313 fatal crashes	57	313 fatal crashes	18.2%	22.7%
A speeding-related driverof 313 fatal crashes	89	313 fatal crashes	28.4%	28.5%
No restraint usedof 197 occupant deaths with restraint use known	76	197 occupant deathswith restraint use known	38.6%	45.6%
Pedestriansof 338 deaths	43	338 deaths	12.7%	14.1%
Bicyclistsof 338 deaths	15	338 deaths	4.4%	2.5%
Motorcyclistsof 338 deaths	52	338 deaths	15.4%	15.1%
On a rural roadof 312 fatal crashes with the condition reported	62	312 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	19.9%	40.2%
In the darkof 310 fatal crashes with the condition reported	106	310 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	34.2%	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.Utah 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	16	5	14	8	43
Monday	1 or 2	17	19	16	54
Tuesday	5	8	17	12	42
Wednesday	4	9	13	9	35
Thursday	6	15	14	12	47
Friday	4	12	16	13	45
Saturday	6	9	19	13	47
All days	43	75	112	83	313

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.Utah County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Utah
Interstate	44	14.2%	19.0%
Other freeways and expressways	0	0.0%	1.2%
Other principal arterial	140	45.3%	39.9%
Minor arterial	40	12.9%	14.9%
Major collector	32	10.4%	11.9%
Minor collector	10	3.2%	3.3%
Local	43	13.9%	9.7%
Not reported	4	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.Utah County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	195
Dark, not lighted	51
Dark, lighted	51
Dawn	5
Dusk	4
Dark, lighting unknown	4
Other or unknown	3

Table 8.Utah County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	237
Cloudy	53
Rain	13
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	9
Fog, smog or smoke	0
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	0

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Utah County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Utah	In all of Utah
Interstate 15	Interstate	44	271
State Route 68	State highway	15	74
State Route 154	State highway	1 or 2	27
US Route 6	US highway	37	67
US Route 89	US highway	38	185
US Route 189	US highway	8	22

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.Utah 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
Utah County: 5.2

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 Utah County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Carbon County	Utah	9	49	24.0
Duchesne County	Utah	1 or 2	37	18.4
Juab County	Utah	1 or 2	45	37.7
Salt Lake County	Utah	73	736	6.3
Sanpete County	Utah	6	39	13.1
Tooele County	Utah	10	121	16.5
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 Utah 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 Utah in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 254 deaths in Utah County from 2005 to 2014. It records 338 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Utah in 2024?

The rate of Utah County in 2024 was 4.4 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 Utah had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 57 of 313 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 Utah?

6 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 144 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.