West Jordan's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

How the counting worked: UDOT keeps a model of Utah's signalized intersections built for pedestrian and bicycle safety, and 46 of the signals in it are in West Jordan. We took every crash in UDOT's records that involved someone walking or riding a bike and tied it to the closest of those signals, provided the crash was no more than 250 feet away. That is the distance the Highway Safety Manual uses for intersection crashes. When UDOT recorded a crash's severity as Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury, this page calls it serious or fatal.

Applied to West Jordan, that method finds 111 crashes: 61 with a pedestrian and 50 with a bicyclist. Thirteen of the pedestrian crashes (21.3%) and 3 of the bicycle crashes (6.0%) were serious or fatal. Run across all 1,263 signals in UDOT's model, the same shares are 16.7% for pedestrians and 8.9% for cyclists, so the city sits above the state on pedestrian severity and below it for riders. Thirteen of West Jordan's 46 signals recorded no crash of either kind.

7800 South and 3200 West: A Bicycle Outlier

Ten bicycle crashes at a single signal is rare anywhere in Utah. Of the 1,263 signals in UDOT's model, only Hill Field Road at Gordon Avenue in Layton, with 11, logged more. None of the ten at 7800 South and 3200 West was serious or fatal, but the same corner also had 3 pedestrian crashes, 2 of them serious or fatal. UDOT's model estimates that about 294 people on foot and 8 on bikes pass through on a typical day, lists five bus stops nearby, and puts the busier of its two roads at about 36,000 vehicles a day.

The corner is not an isolated case. 7800 South crosses the city through 11 of its modeled signals, and together they hold 27 of West Jordan's 50 bicycle crashes, more than half. Set 3200 West aside and the rest of 7800 South still accounts for 17, including 3 apiece at Redwood Road, 2700 West and 2200 West. Two of the city's three serious or fatal bicycle crashes happened at 7800 South and 2200 West; the third was at 7000 South and 5600 West.

West Jordan's Top Ten for Pedestrian Crashes

Ranked by the number of pedestrian crashes recorded from January 2018 through August 4, 2025. When signals tie, the one with more bicycle crashes ranks higher; if they are still tied, the one with more serious or fatal pedestrian crashes; after that, the one with more daily foot traffic in UDOT's model. Foot-traffic, bus-stop and vehicle figures are model estimates rather than counts.

• 6200 South & 4800 West — 7 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash. No other West Jordan signal recorded more than 4. UDOT lists this signal under both West Jordan and Salt Lake County.
• 9000 South (SR-209) & 1300 West — 4 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and 2 bicycle crashes. By UDOT's estimate the busier road carries about 46,500 vehicles a day, and a school is nearby.
• 9000 South (SR-209) & 2700 West — 4 pedestrian crashes and 2 bicycle crashes, with no serious or fatal injury in either group. Estimated foot traffic is about 101 people a day.
• 7000 South (SR-48) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 4 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash. UDOT's model gives it the heaviest foot traffic in the city, about 481 people a day, and six bus stops close by.
• 7000 South (SR-48) & 1300 West — 4 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes, at a crossing the model estimates about 194 people use on foot daily.
• 7800 South (SR-48) & 3200 West — 3 pedestrian crashes, 2 of them serious or fatal, and 10 bicycle crashes, the second-highest bicycle count at any signal in the state data.
• 7800 South (SR-48) & 2200 West — 3 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 3 bicycle crashes (2 serious or fatal). It is the only West Jordan signal with more than one serious or fatal bicycle crash.
• Center Park Drive (7185 South) & Jordan Landing Boulevard (3850 West) — 3 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 2 bicycle crashes. Its busier road carries about 17,000 vehicles a day by UDOT's estimate, the lightest volume in this top ten.
• 9000 South (SR-209) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 3 pedestrian crashes, 2 of them serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash. Both roads are heavily traveled, at an estimated 45,000 and 34,000 vehicles a day.
• 7000 South & 2200 West — 3 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash. Two more signals also had 3 pedestrian crashes; this one ranks ahead of them on the tie-breaks.

Every signal on this list is a standard four-leg intersection, and UDOT's model flags none of West Jordan's 46 signals as unlit. Eight of the ten sit on 7000 South, 7800 South or 9000 South, the three east-west arterials that carry most of the city's pedestrian crashes: 17 on 7000 South, 17 on 7800 South and 15 on 9000 South, 49 of 61 in all. Together the ten hold 38 of the 61 pedestrian crashes and 9 of the 13 that were serious or fatal.

Where West Jordan's Riders Were Hit

Twenty-six of the city's 46 signals recorded at least one bicycle crash, yet the total is lopsided. After 7800 South and 3200 West, no signal had more than 3: 7800 South at Redwood Road, at 2700 West and at 2200 West each recorded 3, and nine signals recorded 2. The three serious or fatal bicycle crashes fell at just two places, 7800 South at 2200 West (2) and 7000 South at 5600 West (1).

Reading UDOT's Exposure Estimates

For each signal, UDOT's model also estimates daily foot and bicycle traffic, the vehicle volume on both roads, and how many schools and bus stops are close by. Those numbers describe exposure. The model's own predicted crash figures cover no stated period, so this page leaves them out rather than set them against counts from 2018 to 2025.

The estimates explain only part of the picture. The three Redwood Road signals at 7000, 7800 and 9000 South carry the city's highest foot-traffic estimates, about 481, 386 and 306 people a day, and two of them made the top ten. The third, 7800 South at Redwood Road, recorded no pedestrian crashes at all. The bicycle estimates point somewhere else again: the model's highest rider figure in West Jordan is about 17 a day, on Old Bingham Highway at the Mountain View Corridor, while 7800 South at 3200 West, with its 10 crashes, is estimated at about 8. With counts this small, a gap like that is a reason to look closely at a location, not an explanation of it.

Morning Walks and Saturday Rides in West Jordan

West Jordan's pedestrian crashes lean toward the morning. Fifteen of the 61 happened between 6 and 9 a.m., about a quarter, where statewide that window holds 333 of 2,105, closer to one in six; three of those 15 were serious or fatal. The 3-to-7 p.m. stretch held 17, including 6 of the city's 13 serious or fatal pedestrian crashes. Eighteen happened after dark, a slightly smaller share than statewide. Winter weighs heavily: in the complete years 2018 through 2024, December, January and February account for 20 of 57 pedestrian crashes, with January the busiest single month at 8.

Riders follow a different calendar. Saturday was the most common day for a bicycle crash in West Jordan, 12 of 50, even though Saturday ranks near the bottom for bicycle crashes statewide (146 of 1,115). Twenty-one of the 50 came between 3 and 7 p.m.

Teen Drivers, Distraction and Drivers Who Fled

The report flags point in three directions. Fourteen of the 61 pedestrian crashes were coded hit and run, about 23 percent against roughly 18 percent statewide, and 3 of those were serious or fatal. A teen driver was noted in only 4 pedestrian crashes, but 3 of the 4 were serious or fatal. For riders, officers marked distraction in 7 of the 50 bicycle crashes, close to three times the statewide rate for bicycle crashes (55 of 1,115). Each flag is what the investigating officer recorded, not a court's finding.

Two rules follow from that mix. If the driver was under 18, Utah imputes the minor's liability to the parent or guardian who signed the license application, up to the state's minimum policy limits, though that rule does not apply when the required insurance was in place (Utah Code § 53-3-211). And when a hit-and-run driver is never identified, the vehicle counts as uninsured under § 31A-22-305(2)(b), so uninsured-motorist coverage, on your own policy or a resident relative's, becomes the route to recovery.

The Worst Crossings Are Not the Fastest

None of the ten signals on the list above sits on a road posted faster than 40 mph. The top crossing, 6200 South at 4800 West, is listed at 35 mph or lower on both streets in UGRC's Utah Roads data, and four of the ten top out at 35. 7800 South, home to the state's second-worst bicycle signal, is listed at 40 mph at 10 of its 11 signals in the city, drawing on UDOT's 2026 state-route data and UGRC's Utah Roads, and at 45 only at 5600 West.

The 11 West Jordan signals that reach 45 mph or more on one approach recorded 9 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal. The 21 that top out at 40 recorded 30, with 8 serious or fatal, and the 13 that top out at 35 recorded 22, with 4. Here, as across Utah, the serious-or-fatal share does not climb steadily with the posted limit; the city's pedestrian crashes cluster on its 35- and 40-mph arterials rather than its fastest roads. These are current limits and may differ from the ones in effect when a crash occurred.

Limits of These Figures

Three kinds of crash fall outside this count: those more than 250 feet from any modeled signal, those at crossings UDOT's model does not include, and those after August 4, 2025. A rider struck mid-block on 7800 South, or a pedestrian hit in a Jordan Landing parking lot, would not appear. Each crash is assigned to only one signal and counted once, however many people it injured. The order is fragile, too: 24 of the 25 signals with a pedestrian crash have between 1 and 4, so a single crash can move a crossing several places. Nothing here assigns fault.

After a Crash at One of These Signals

If you were hurt at one of these crossings, the record of earlier crashes there can matter. It bears on whether a hazard was known, which is a separate question from whether the driver who hit you was careless. Signal timing plans, crosswalk and bike-lane markings, and lighting are kept by the city or UDOT and can be requested. If the claim is that a crossing's design or upkeep contributed, and it runs against West Jordan or UDOT, Utah's Governmental Immunity Act requires a written notice of claim within one year (Utah Code § 63G-7-402), far sooner than the usual deadline. Our West Jordan bicycle accident and pedestrian accident pages cover these claims, and our guides explain how fault is proven, how to file a PIP claim and the filing deadlines. Every crash type, ranked by street, is on our West Jordan’s most dangerous roads page.

What Can Be Recovered

• Costs: ambulance and hospital bills, surgery, physical therapy, lost paychecks, and earning power that does not come back.
• Quality of life: physical pain, and the rides, walks and routines that stop once the street no longer feels safe.
• What comes later: future operations, long-term therapy, mobility equipment, and help at home when recovery stalls.

About the Data

The signal list, and every estimate of walkers, riders, vehicles, schools and bus stops, comes from UDOT's safety model for pedestrians and bicyclists at signalized intersections. The crash counts come from UDOT's crash records: each pedestrian- or bicyclist-involved crash dated January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025 was matched to the closest modeled signal no more than 250 feet away, the intersection distance in the Highway Safety Manual. UDOT's own severity codes, Fatal and Suspected Serious Injury, define serious or fatal. Statewide figures repeat the same steps for all 1,263 modeled signals. Times, lighting, months (complete years 2018 through 2024) and the officers' report flags come from the same UDOT crash records; posted limits are from UDOT's 2026 state-route speed layer and UGRC's Utah Roads. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.