South Ogden's Most Dangerous Roads

Every crash in UDOT's public records located inside South Ogden between January 1, 2018 and August 4, 2025, the final date in the file, is included. Each one was attached to the street it was plotted on, using the officer's named road to settle close matches. Crashes on private property are left out of street totals, and a crash counts as serious or fatal when the report lists a death or a suspected serious injury.

South Ogden recorded 2,241 crashes, and almost all of them were on city streets: just 1 was on a freeway ramp, 52 were on private property and 3 could not be placed. Of the 2,185 street crashes, 65 were serious or fatal, 3.0%, above the 2.6% for streets across the seven counties in this data, and 5 people died. Some injury, counting possible injuries, was reported in 34.5%, against 32.1% regionally.

US-89 Carries Most of the Serious Crashes

Washington Boulevard recorded 387 crashes, 24 of them serious or fatal, a 6.2% rate that is the highest of the nine streets listed below. It also had 2 of the city's 5 street deaths. Motorcycles were in 10 of its crashes and 7 of its serious ones. The count jumped in 2024, to 88 crashes, after 32 to 57 a year from 2018 through 2023.

Highway 89 (5600 South) had 354 crashes and 13 serious or fatal, with rear-end collisions the most common type at 44.9%. Its Skyline Drive junction logged 85 crashes, and the 850 East junction 32, 3 of them serious or fatal. UDOT estimates reach about 46,000 vehicles a day on this stretch.

South Ogden Streets, Heaviest First

Streets are ranked by the crashes recorded on them inside city limits, and every street with at least 50 crashes is shown, nine in all. A crash where two listed streets cross counts once, on the street named in the report. The cross streets given are the busiest junctions on each.

• Washington Boulevard (US-89) — 387 crashes, 24 serious or fatal, 2 deaths. Side impacts lead at 45.5%. 40th Street (55), Adams Avenue (35) and 5000 South (34) are its busiest junctions; UDOT estimates reach about 29,000 vehicles a day.
• Highway 89 (5600 South) — 354 crashes, 13 serious or fatal, no deaths. Skyline Drive (85), 1050 East (40) and 850 East (32) are its busiest junctions.
• 40th Street — 292 crashes, 4 serious or fatal, 1 death. 128 of its crashes, 43.8%, were at Washington Boulevard. People on foot were struck in 9.
• Harrison Boulevard (SR-203) — 240 crashes, 7 serious or fatal. The 5600 South junction (52) produced 4 of them; Eastwood Boulevard (52) is equally busy. UDOT estimates reach about 34,000 vehicles a day.
• Riverdale Road (SR-26) — 149 crashes, 3 serious or fatal, 1 death. 40th Street (33), Wall Avenue (29) and Chimes View Drive (26) lead its junctions.
• Wall Avenue (SR-204) — 102 crashes, none serious or fatal. Nearly half were side impacts; Riverdale Road (22) is its busiest junction.
• 36th Street — 93 crashes, 3 serious or fatal. Over half were side impacts. Riverdale Road (27) and Washington Boulevard (24) are its busiest junctions.
• Adams Avenue (500 East) — 57 crashes, none serious or fatal. Its junctions with Washington Boulevard (16) and Highway 89 (14) account for over half.
• Skyline Drive (6150 South) — 57 crashes, none serious or fatal. Nearly half were at Highway 89 (28), and the partial year of 2025, through August 4, brought 13, more than any full year before it.

These nine streets hold 1,731 of the 2,185 street crashes (79.2%), 54 of the 65 serious or fatal ones and 4 of the 5 deaths. The fifth death was on 1050 East, a street with only 12 recorded crashes.

40th Street Busy, Harrison Boulevard Harsher

By serious or fatal crashes the order shifts. Washington Boulevard (24) and Highway 89 (13) stay on top, but Harrison Boulevard moves to third with 7, ahead of 40th Street's 4 from many more crashes. Wall Avenue, sixth by volume, had none. Side impacts were 26 of the 65 serious crashes, and UDOT's single-vehicle or not-applicable group, which includes a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, cyclist or fixed object, was 24.

A Rising Count and More Riders Hurt

South Ogden's street crashes moved the opposite way from the region. They rose from 246 in 2018 to 355 in 2024, up 44%, while street crashes across the seven counties fell 9% over the same years. The records do not explain the increase. Serious or fatal crashes ranged from 6 to 12 a year.

Motorcycles were involved in 52 street crashes (2.4%) and 16 of the serious or fatal ones, 24.6%. An older driver was involved in 497 crashes, 22.7%; only four of the 57 cities measured have a higher share. Impairment was flagged in 11 crashes, one of the two lowest rates among the 57, though 4 of those were serious or fatal. September had the most crashes in the complete years 2018 to 2024 (213).

One Ramp Crash, No Interstate Lanes

No interstate lanes fall inside South Ogden's limits in this data. The only freeway-coded crash was 1 on a US-89 interchange ramp, so the street figures here describe nearly every crash in the city. Unreported crashes, minor property-damage crashes below Utah's reporting threshold and anything after August 4, 2025 are not counted.

Coverage and Fault Rules for South Ogden Crashes

Your own personal injury protection pays first, at least $3,000 in medical expenses regardless of fault (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). Pain and other general damages can be pursued against the at-fault driver once the injury meets the § 31A-22-309 threshold, for example a fracture, permanent impairment or medical expenses above $3,000; an uninsured motorist claim is not subject to it. An unidentified hit-and-run vehicle counts as uninsured (§ 31A-22-305(2)(b)). Fault you share reduces the award, and recovery requires that the others' fault be greater than yours (§ 78B-5-818). Most injury suits have a four-year deadline (§ 78B-2-307), but a claim that a city or UDOT road was unsafe needs a written notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). Our South Ogden car accident page covers these claims, South Ogden’s most dangerous intersections covers pedestrian and bicycle crashes at signals, and Ogden’s most dangerous roads picks up Washington Boulevard to the north. See also our motorcycle claims guide and the guides on fault, PIP and the statute of limitations.

Losses That Can Be Claimed

• Out-of-pocket costs: emergency and hospital care, follow-up treatment, medication, lost wages and vehicle damage.
• Personal harm: pain, limits on daily life and the hobbies and plans an injury sets back.
• What lies ahead: further treatment, a smaller paycheck if you cannot return to the same work, and long-term care where needed.

South Ogden: Sources and Caveats

Records: UDOT's public Crash_Locations data, all crash types, January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025. Limits: UGRC's current South Ogden boundary, applied to every year. Matching: each crash goes to the nearest UGRC Utah Roads segment within 35 meters, with the reported road preferred; statewide this agrees with the officer's road about nine times in ten. Serious or fatal: a reported death or suspected serious injury. Flags record officer observations, not fault. Regional figures are street crashes in the seven counties covered. Every city we have ranked this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous roads.