Riverton's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Here is how the counts were built. UDOT's pedestrian and bicycle safety model lists 20 signalized intersections in Riverton. Each pedestrian- or bicyclist-involved crash in UDOT's records went to the closest signal in that model, but only when the signal was within 250 feet, the distance the Highway Safety Manual uses to call a crash an intersection crash. Crashes UDOT coded Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury are called serious or fatal on this page. The signals fall into groups by road: 12600 South, 13400 South and 11800 South each run east-west across the city, and two more signals sit on Bangerter Highway itself.

The result is 14 pedestrian crashes and 4 bicycle crashes, 18 in all, with none counted twice. Two of the pedestrian crashes were serious or fatal (14.3%); none of the bicycle crashes was. Statewide, across all 1,263 signals in the model, the same method finds 16.7% of pedestrian crashes and 8.9% of bicycle crashes serious or fatal. Riverton averages under one such crash per signal, against about 2.5 statewide, and 12 of its 20 signals recorded none.

Three Roads, Three Different Records

12600 South carries the most. Seven of Riverton's modeled signals are on it, from 1300 West out to the Mountain View Corridor, and they logged 9 pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash, including both of the city's serious or fatal crashes, at 2700 West and at Redwood Road (SR-68). By UDOT's estimates it is also the busiest of the three: the busier road at its signals carries about 26,000 to 43,500 vehicles a day, and 2700 West has the highest walking estimate in the city, about 192 people a day.

13400 South also has seven signals in the model and half as many crashes: 4 involving pedestrians and 1 involving a bicyclist, none serious or fatal. Three of those pedestrian crashes came at one signal, its crossing of Bangerter Highway (SR-154). 11800 South, with four signals and lighter traffic, about 6,500 to 19,000 vehicles a day on the busier road, recorded 1 pedestrian and 1 bicycle crash, both at 4000 West. The last crash was a bicycle crash at the Bangerter Highway interchange with Redwood Road.

Every Riverton Signal With a Recorded Crash

Riverton has eight signals with at least one pedestrian or bicycle crash, and this list includes all of them. Pedestrian crashes set the order; bicycle crashes break ties, then serious or fatal pedestrian crashes, and anything still level is listed north to south. Walker, rider and vehicle figures are UDOT model estimates rather than counts.

• 12600 South (SR-71) & 2700 West — 4 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. The highest count in Riverton, at the signal with the city's highest foot-traffic estimate, about 192 people a day. The model notes a school and two bus stops nearby.
• 12600 South (SR-71) & 1300 West — 3 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal. UDOT's model puts about 79 walkers and 24 riders through it on a typical day.
• 13400 South & Bangerter Highway (SR-154) — 3 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal. Both roads are heavy here, about 43,000 and 20,400 vehicles a day by UDOT's estimate, while the walking estimate is about 18 people a day.
• 12600 South (SR-71) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 2 pedestrian crashes, 1 of them serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. Estimated foot traffic is about 117 a day.
• 11800 South & 4000 West — 1 pedestrian crash and 1 bicycle crash, neither serious or fatal. UDOT lists this signal under both Riverton and South Jordan; its model has no pedestrian estimate here but puts rider traffic at about 19 a day.
• 13400 South & SR-85 northbound (Mountain View Corridor) — 1 pedestrian crash and 1 bicycle crash, neither serious or fatal, at a signal with an estimated 151 walkers a day, the second-highest figure in the city.
• 12600 South (SR-71) & 3600 West — 1 bicycle crash, not serious or fatal, and no pedestrian crashes. The model estimates about 20 riders a day here.
• Bangerter Highway (SR-154) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 1 bicycle crash, not serious or fatal. UDOT labels this a single-point urban interchange, where the ramps meet the cross street at one signal, and lists it under both Riverton and Bluffdale.

The list is short because the record is. After the fourth entry every signal had one pedestrian crash or none. Four of the eight sit on 12600 South, two on 13400 South, one on 11800 South and one on Bangerter Highway. Treat the order as where crashes were logged, not as a fine-grained ranking of danger; at these counts one more crash would reshuffle it.

Four Bicycle Crashes, Four Different Signals

No Riverton signal had more than one bicycle crash, and none of the four was serious or fatal. They were at 11800 South and 4000 West, 13400 South and the Mountain View Corridor, 12600 South and 3600 West, and the Bangerter Highway interchange at Redwood Road. UDOT's highest rider estimate in the city, about 30 a day, is at 12600 South and the Mountain View Corridor, a signal that recorded no crashes of either kind.

How UDOT's Estimates Fit the Picture

Each signal in UDOT's model comes with modeled context: estimated walkers and riders per day, estimated traffic on the busier and the quieter road, how many schools and bus stops are close, and a lighting flag. Those numbers describe exposure, not events. The model also predicts crash numbers for each signal, but those predictions were produced separately, with no stated period, and this page does not set them beside the 2018 to 2025 counts.

The estimates explain part of the pattern. On 12600 South east of Bangerter Highway, three signals rank first, third and fifth in Riverton for estimated foot traffic, and those three hold 9 of the city's 14 pedestrian crashes. 13400 South at Bangerter Highway does not fit: about 18 walkers a day by estimate, yet 3 pedestrian crashes. The model also has gaps. It gives no pedestrian estimate for 7 of Riverton's 20 signals, including 11800 South at 4000 West, which recorded a pedestrian crash, so a blank there is a missing figure rather than an empty crosswalk. One signal, 11800 South at 2700 West, is flagged as unlit; it recorded no crashes.

One Busy Year and Mostly Daylight

Riverton's pedestrian record is lumpy across time. Seven of its 14 pedestrian crashes, half, came in a single year, 2022; no other year had more than 3, and 2020, 2023 and 2024 had none. With totals this small, one year can swing the whole picture, which is another reason to read the list above as a record of where crashes were logged rather than a ranking of risk.

Most of the crashes happened in daylight: 10 of the 14 pedestrian crashes and all 4 bicycle crashes. Only 3 pedestrian crashes happened after dark, a smaller share than statewide, and both serious or fatal pedestrian crashes happened in daylight, one between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. and the other between 3 and 7 p.m. Late afternoon and evening carried the most: 10 of the 14 pedestrian crashes fell between 3 p.m. and midnight. No pedestrian crash in this set happened on a Sunday.

What Riverton's Officers Recorded

The report flags are thin here, as the totals are. Three pedestrian crashes and one bicycle crash were coded hit and run. A teen driver was noted in 3 pedestrian crashes, one of them serious or fatal, and distraction in 2 pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash. Among the bicycle crashes, one was flagged for speed and one for a driver disregarding a signal or sign. None of the 18 carried a DUI flag.

For someone on foot, the first money after a crash usually comes from personal injury protection rather than from the driver. Utah requires PIP to cover at least $3,000 per person in reasonable medical expenses, plus part of lost income, the lesser of $250 a week or 85% of gross income for up to 52 consecutive weeks (Utah Code § 31A-22-307(1)). A pedestrian hit by a driver who left can claim it under their own or a household member's auto policy (§ 31A-22-308).

Highway Crossings on a 30-mph Road

Speed limits divide Riverton's main roads. 12600 South (SR-71) is posted at 40 mph at each of its signals from 1300 West to Bangerter Highway in UDOT's 2026 state-route speed data, and both serious or fatal pedestrian crashes came on it, at 2700 West and at Redwood Road, where Redwood is listed at 45. 13400 South is listed at 30 mph in UGRC's Utah Roads data. Its four pedestrian crashes all came where it crosses a highway, three at Bangerter Highway (listed at 60) and one at the Mountain View Corridor (55); its five other signals had none.

The serious crash at 12600 South and Redwood Road also sits at a signal where UDOT's sidewalk inventory, which covers state routes only, flags absent or discontinuous sidewalk within about 150 meters. The limits here are current and may differ from those in force at the time of a crash, and with 18 crashes in all, Riverton's numbers cannot show whether faster roads produce worse injuries; statewide, the serious-or-fatal share does not rise steadily with the posted limit.

What a Short Record Can't Show

Eighteen crashes over seven and a half years is a thin base, and a single crash can move a signal several places. Only crashes within 250 feet of a modeled signal count, so someone struck crossing mid-block on 12600 South, at an unsignalized neighborhood crosswalk or in a parking lot is not here. Each crash belongs to one signal. The records count crashes rather than injured people, and they do not assign fault.

Hurt at a Riverton Signal: What the Record Can Do

The value of a crossing's crash history is mostly about notice: whether the risk was known before your crash. Signal timing plans, crosswalk markings and lighting are documented by UDOT or the city and can be requested. Our Riverton pedestrian accident and Riverton bicycle accident pages explain how these cases move forward, and the statewide guides cover how fault is proven, filing a PIP claim and the deadline to sue. Signals just across the city line to the north are ranked on our South Jordan dangerous intersections page. For every crash type ranked by street, see Riverton’s most dangerous roads.

Losses a Claim Can Reach

• Medical and financial: emergency care, specialists, therapy, and income lost during recovery or for good.
• Day-to-day harm: pain, disrupted sleep, and the walks or rides that stop feeling safe.
• Long-term needs: later procedures, ongoing therapy, and help at home when recovery is incomplete.

About the Data

Counting rule: pedestrian- or bicyclist-involved crashes in UDOT's crash records dated January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025, each attached to the closest signal in UDOT's pedestrian and bicycle safety model within 250 feet, the Highway Safety Manual's intersection distance. Serious or fatal: UDOT severity Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury. Walking, riding and vehicle volumes, schools, bus stops and lighting: estimates in the same model. Statewide comparisons use all 1,263 modeled signals. Crash years and times, lighting and the officers' report flags come from the same UDOT records; posted limits come from UDOT's 2026 state-route speed layer and UGRC's Utah Roads, and the sidewalk note from UDOT's state-route sidewalk inventory. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.