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UDOT reports decline in traffic fatalities, highlights lighting and targeted actions
Summary
UDOT operations director Troy Peterson presented 2024 crash and fatality trends to the commission, citing declines in several categories and urging continued investment in lighting, engineering and enforcement to reach zero fatalities.
Troy Peterson, operations director at the Utah Department of Transportation, told the UDOT Commission on March 28 that 2024 showed a favorable trend in several categories of traffic fatalities but that vulnerable users still accounted for a large share.
Peterson said the department’s year-to-date fatality rate for 2025 stood at 0.55 and that 2024’s data showed 68% of fatalities occurred on state routes. “We’re sitting right now. Our our fatality rate for for 2025, we’re sitting at 0.55,” Peterson said during his presentation. He identified the…
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