BEAVER COUNTY
Crash on I-15, Main Street or up Beaver Canyon? Get a free case review, with no attorney fees unless we win.
Beaver sits against I-15 about halfway between Salt Lake City and St. George. Exits 109 and 112 feed interstate travelers into town, SR-160 serves as Main Street, SR-153 heads east up Beaver Canyon, and SR-21 runs west through the Beaver River valley toward Milford and the Nevada line. Most serious injuries here involve a fast road and a driver far from home.
Travelers leave the freeway for fuel and food after hours at the wheel. Off-ramps that drop highway speed onto local streets, tractor-trailers turning into fuel stops and tired drivers misjudging distance lead to rear-end and turning collisions.
The town's through street mixes local errands, ranch pickups and freeway drivers who have not yet slowed down. Angle crashes at the cross streets and pedestrians crossing between blocks are the common problems.
Starting as 200 North, the highway enters the canyon a few miles east of town and climbs past Eagle Point Ski Resort into the Tushar Mountains, topping out around 9,200 feet. Snow, curves and drivers new to mountain roads meet on two lanes.
Long, straight two-lane miles where passing decisions and fatigue matter, and where farm equipment and slow trucks enter from field accesses into fast traffic.
Animals on the road at dawn and dusk. A swerve that ends in a rollover can still trace back to another driver's speed, a gap in fencing or a missing warning sign.
Who takes the report near Beaver
The Utah Highway Patrol investigates crashes on I-15 and the state routes, and Beaver County Sheriff's Office deputies cover county roads, with the sheriff's records office at 2270 South Sheriff Dale E. Nelson Drive. Ask the officer which agency is writing the report so you request it from the right place. A road defect, a work zone or a public vehicle brings a one-year notice of claim under Utah Code § 63G-7-402.
Whatever the fault, your personal injury protection starts paying: a minimum of $3,000 in medical expenses and 85% of lost gross income capped at $250 a week, for as long as 52 weeks (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). Our no-fault explainer covers the details.
Beaver Valley Hospital serves the town, but it is not on the state's list of designated trauma centers. The nearest listed centers along I-15 are Level IV hospitals in Cedar City and Fillmore, with Level II care at St. George Regional, so transport alone can use up PIP. Suing the at-fault driver for general damages requires one of the following under Utah Code § 31A-22-309:
Meet one and the responsible driver's liability carrier owes the full claim. Interstate travelers often carry another state's minimum limits, and your own underinsured motorist policy may cover the gap.
Under Utah Code § 78B-5-818 your damages shrink by your own share of fault, and you collect nothing unless the defendants together were more at fault than you.
Beaver cases usually turn on speed and attention: whether you slowed for snow in the canyon, whether a semi changed lanes without room, whether a vehicle leaving a field access yielded as Utah Code § 41-6a-903(1)(b) requires. Trucks carry electronic logging and engine data that should be preserved by letter quickly; our truck crash guide explains why.
Filing windows
Four years for most injury suits, two for wrongful death, and one year to serve a notice of claim on Beaver City, Beaver County or UDOT. Details are in the Utah deadline guide.
Rear-end, sideswipe and jackknife crashes with commercial trucks, where the carrier, the driver and sometimes a broker or maintenance shop each carry separate coverage.
Collisions at the two interchanges and the businesses around them, where freeway speed meets turning trucks and parking-lot traffic.
SR-153 in snow, with Eagle Point traffic, trailers and drivers who misjudge a curve or cross the center line on ice.
If another car's evasive move pushed it into you, that driver is still judged on speed and lookout. An animal strike with no other vehicle usually runs through your own coverage.
Long-distance travelers bring policies from Nevada, California and beyond, and some carry none. Your uninsured motorist coverage can step in, and a hit-and-run should be reported immediately.
Beaver County car crash suits are filed in the Fifth District Court in Beaver. Few ever reach trial, but we prepare each one as if it will. Call (801) 921-5134. Free consultation. No attorney fees unless we win. Hablamos Español. See also Beaver personal injury, Cedar City car accidents and the stages of a Utah injury claim.
General Utah legal information for Beaver County residents and travelers, not advice on a particular crash. Results depend on the facts, and prior results do not guarantee a future outcome.