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UDOT reports lower year‑end fatality rate for 2025 but notes vulnerable users remain a large share
Summary
UDOT staff told the Transportation Commission the statewide fatality rate dropped from 0.73 in 2025 to an early 2026 rate of about 0.55; officials warned that vulnerable road users (pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists) made up a large share of fatalities and that injury figures for 2025/2026 remain preliminary.
Troy Peterson, UDOT’s operations director, told the Transportation Commission that the department’s safety metrics show improvement in the 2025 fatality rate but continuing concern for vulnerable road users.
Peterson said the reported fatality rate for 2025 closed at 0.73 and the current 2026 rate sits about 0.55. He reported roughly 270 fatalities in 2025 — about 5% lower than 2024 — and noted that, so far in…
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