American Fork's Most Dangerous Roads

The count starts with every crash in UDOT's public records located inside American Fork's current boundary. Each one was attached to a street with the help of the state's road map and the road named in the officer's report, which turns thousands of points on a map into a total for each street. Interstate and ramp crashes are set aside and covered further down; crashes in parking lots and other private property are not counted toward any street. Serious or fatal means the report recorded a death or a suspected serious injury.

UDOT logged 6,383 crashes inside American Fork during that time. I-15 and its ramps account for 2,325, private property for 49, and 65 could not be placed on a street, which leaves 3,944 on city streets. 93 of those were serious or fatal (2.4%) and 14 people were killed. Someone was reported hurt, possible injuries included, in 39.8% of them, against 32.1% for street crashes in the Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Summit, Cache and Washington County records this page compares against.

Crossing Paths: Where American Fork's Crashes Come From

Across those seven counties, side impacts are 32.6% of street crashes and 35.2% of the serious or fatal ones. In American Fork the figures are 48.3% and 54.8%. On State Street (US-89), 19 of its 24 serious or fatal crashes were side impacts.

Motorcycles are part of the same story. Riders were involved in 79 of the 3,944 street crashes, 2.0%, but in 25 of the 93 serious or fatal ones, and 12 of those were on State Street. Officers flagged aggressive driving in 10 serious or fatal crashes, 10.8%, against 6.2% across the seven counties.

American Fork's Crash-Heavy Streets, in Order

Streets appear in order of the crashes UDOT assigned to them within city limits, January 2018 through August 4, 2025. The junctions listed for each are where that street's own crashes cluster.

• Main Street — 765 crashes, 13 serious or fatal, 4 deaths. Its crashes gather at Kawakami Drive (124), 300 West (77) and 100 East (66). Rear-end and side-impact crashes are close to even here, 39.2% and 41.8%.
• State Street (US-89) — 598 crashes, 24 serious or fatal, 4 deaths. The most serious or fatal crashes of any street in the city. North County Boulevard (89 crashes, 4 serious or fatal) and 500 East (98) are its busiest junctions.
• North County Boulevard (1100 East, SR-129) — 339 crashes, 8 serious or fatal, no deaths. 700 North (44 crashes, 3 serious or fatal) and 50 South (40) stand out.
• 500 East — 287 crashes, 5 serious or fatal, 1 death. 620 South (45) and 300 North (31) are its busiest junctions.
• 100 East (SR-74) — 255 crashes, 8 serious or fatal, 1 death. 55.3% were rear-end collisions, the highest share among these ten, and a teen driver was involved in 107.
• West State Street (US-89) — 136 crashes, 6 serious or fatal, 1 death. Nicholes Lane had 15 of its crashes and 3 of its serious or fatal ones; Pacific Drive had 47.
• 300 North — 119 crashes, 1 serious or fatal, no deaths. 68.9% were side impacts, the highest share among these ten; Caveman Boulevard (21) is its busiest junction.
• Pacific Drive — 103 crashes, 5 serious or fatal, no deaths. Its 4.9% serious-or-fatal share is the highest among the city's fifteen busiest streets. West State Street (25) and 700 West (15) see the most.
• 900 West — 79 crashes, 1 serious or fatal, no deaths. Its yearly count rose from 7 in 2018 to 13 in 2024.
• 100 West — 67 crashes, none serious or fatal. 300 North (17) is where they cluster.

The ten streets above hold 2,748 crashes, 69.7% of the city total, 71 of the 93 serious or fatal crashes and 11 of the 14 deaths. Main Street and State Street split the deaths evenly at 4 each, but State Street had nearly twice as many serious or fatal crashes on fewer total crashes.

State Street Leads on Severity

Put in order of serious or fatal crashes, State Street comes first with 24, Main Street second with 13, and North County Boulevard and 100 East share third with 8 each. 4.0% of State Street's crashes were serious or fatal, against 1.7% on Main Street. West State Street, sixth by crash count, had 6 serious or fatal crashes, and Pacific Drive had 5 on just 103 crashes.

Riders, Young Drivers and Red Lights

Rear-end crashes make up 28.4% of American Fork's street crashes. The group UDOT reports as single-vehicle or not applicable, which takes in a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, a cyclist or a fixed object, accounts for 26 of the serious or fatal crashes, and pedestrians were involved in 10 of the 93 serious or fatal crashes. Officers noted a driver disregarding a signal or sign in 10.3% of crashes, against 7.8% across the seven counties.

A teen driver was involved in 30.7% of street crashes, against 23.8% across the seven counties. Drivers fled the scene less often than elsewhere: 3.6% of crashes, compared with 8.6%. Fewer crashes happened after dark, 18.1% against 23.7%. Yearly street crashes ranged from 469 in 2020 to 559 in 2023 and 2024; serious or fatal crashes peaked at 20 in 2021.

I-15 and Its Ramps in American Fork

I-15 and its ramps are reported apart from the streets: 2,325 crashes, 36.4% of everything UDOT recorded in the city. I-15 itself had 2,305, with 31 serious or fatal and 4 deaths. Property-damage crashes below Utah's reporting threshold never enter UDOT's records, and the data ends August 4, 2025.

Insurance Rules After an American Fork Crash

Personal injury protection on your own policy covers the first medical bills, at least $3,000, no matter who was at fault (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). A claim for pain and other general damages against the other driver depends on meeting § 31A-22-309, which lists injuries such as a fracture, permanent disability or disfigurement, or medical expenses over $3,000; that threshold does not apply to uninsured motorist coverage. A hit-and-run driver who is never found is treated as uninsured (§ 31A-22-305(2)(b)). In a side-impact crash the fight is usually over who had the right of way, and under § 78B-5-818 you recover only if the others' combined fault exceeds yours, with your award cut by your own share. Lawsuits for most injuries must be filed within four years (§ 78B-2-307), while a claim against the city or the state over a road's design requires written notice within one year (§ 63G-7-402). Our American Fork car accident, motorcycle accident and personal injury pages go further, the American Fork intersections page covers crashes involving people on foot and on bikes, and the statewide guides explain how fault is proven, how to file a PIP claim and the time limit to sue.

Losses You May Recover in American Fork

• Out-of-pocket losses: emergency care, doctor visits and therapy, missed work, and vehicle repair or replacement.
• Human losses: pain, stress, and the activities and plans the injury took off the table.
• Future needs: treatment still ahead, lost earning capacity, and care at home if recovery stalls.

How This Page Was Assembled

Source: UDOT Crash_Locations, the state's public crash file, all crash types from January 1, 2018 to August 4, 2025, the last date published. Boundary: UGRC's municipal map, today's American Fork limits applied to every year. Matching: each crash went to the closest UGRC Utah Roads segment within 35 meters, with preference for the road the officer named; across the data that agreed with the officer's road about 89% of the time. A crash at a junction of two ranked streets is credited to only one. Severity: serious or fatal means a reported death or suspected serious injury. Flags like motorcycle or aggressive driving reflect the officer's report, not fault. Comparison figures are for the seven counties in the data. Every city we have ranked this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous roads.