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UDOT reports lower statewide fatality rate so far in 2025; motorcycle deaths hit 15‑year high in 2024 as legislature considers lane-splitting ban
Summary
UDOT reported a lower early-2025 fatality rate and fewer fatalities compared with last year’s early counts, but noted that motorcycle fatalities rose to a 15‑year high in 2024. UDOT policy staff summarized pending legislation to prohibit lane splitting (motorcycles passing between moving lanes).
UTAH — UDOT operations staff reported a decline in the statewide traffic fatality rate so far in 2025 but highlighted persistent risks for vulnerable users, notably motorcyclists.
Troy Peterson, UDOT operations director, told the commission that Utah’s recorded fatality rate for 2024 finished at 0.78 per 100 million vehicle-miles traveled; he reported an early-2025 rate of 0.43 and a total of 13 fatalities so far in 2025. Peterson cautioned that 2024’s fatality total (280) may change slightly as the department completes record follow-up on about 20 crash records awaiting death-certificate confirmation.
Peterson emphasized vulnerable-user trends in 2024:…
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