Draper's Most Dangerous Roads

Draper's crashes were sorted by road. Every crash UDOT logged inside city limits from January 1, 2018 to August 4, 2025 was tied to the street segment nearest its plotted location, giving priority to the road the officer recorded. Interstate and ramp crashes are reported in a section of their own, and crashes in private lots or without a usable location sit outside the ranking. Serious or fatal means a reported death or suspected serious injury.

The city's 10,113 crashes break down this way: 4,547 on I-15 and its ramps (45.0%), 209 in private lots, 59 that could not be placed, and 5,298 on Draper's streets. Of the street crashes, 96 were serious or fatal (1.8%, below the 2.6% across the seven counties in this data) and 13 people died. Some level of injury, possible injuries included, was reported in 27.8%, against 32.1% across the seven counties: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Summit, Cache and Washington.

Motorcycles in a Third of the Serious Crashes

Motorcycles were part of 97 street crashes in Draper, 1.8% of the total, yet 31 of the 96 serious or fatal crashes (32.3%). Across the seven counties that share is 21.7%, and only three of the 57 cities we have measured this way have a higher one. On State Street, 5 of the 11 serious crashes involved a motorcycle. Speed was flagged in 27 of Draper's serious street crashes (28.1%, against 18.9% regionally).

Total street crashes fell from 990 in 2018 to 564 in 2024, with a COVID-era low of 548 in 2020. Serious or fatal crashes moved the other way: 3 in 2018 and 8 in 2019, then 15, 16, 17, 11 and 17 in 2020 through 2024. Serious crashes rose across the seven counties as well, from 844 to 1,045 a year, but not by that much. Some of the change may come from how crashes were coded; the records alone cannot say.

Draper's Crash Streets, Highest to Lowest

The order follows the number of crashes recorded on each street inside city limits. Where two listed streets cross, a crash counts once, on the street named in the report. Cross streets listed are the junctions with the most crashes on that street.

• 12300 South (SR-71) — 897 crashes, 13 serious or fatal, no deaths. Rear-end collisions are 49.4% of them; 300 East (105), 265 West (99) and Lone Peak Parkway (62) are the busiest junctions. UDOT estimates reach about 36,000 vehicles a day here.
• Bangerter Highway (SR-154) — 415 crashes, 4 serious or fatal, no deaths. A driver left the scene in 38 of them; 200 West (64) and 150 East (51) lead its junctions, and UDOT estimates reach about 49,000 vehicles a day.
• State Street (US-89) — 330 crashes, 11 serious or fatal, 3 deaths, the most among Draper's fifteen busiest streets. A disregarded signal or sign was flagged in 14.8% of its crashes, the highest share on this list; 11400 South (69) and 12300 South (65) are its busiest junctions.
• Lone Peak Parkway (125 West) — 325 crashes, 3 serious or fatal, 1 death. Its 12300 South junction had 128 crashes and all 3 of the serious ones.
• 11400 South (SR-175) — 282 crashes, 3 serious or fatal, no deaths. Rear-end crashes make up 58.2%, the highest share among these ten, and State Street (49) is its busiest junction.
• Minuteman Drive (50 East) — 273 crashes, 7 serious or fatal, 2 deaths. Commercial vehicles were in 11.0% of its crashes, the highest share on this list; Highland Drive (64) and Pony Express Road (34) are among its busiest junctions.
• Highland Drive (14600 South) — 211 crashes, 3 serious or fatal, no deaths. Its junctions with Minuteman Drive (40), 1300 East (24) and Traverse Ridge Road (21) see the most crashes.
• 700 East (SR-71) — 199 crashes, 3 serious or fatal, no deaths. A teen driver was involved in 41.2% of its crashes and a driver fled in 10.1%, both the highest shares here.
• 300 East — 194 crashes, 3 serious or fatal, 1 death. Its 12300 South junction had 62 crashes, and two roundabouts, at Carlquist Drive (11) and 13400 South (9), are among its busiest crossings.
• Draper Parkway (12300 South) — 186 crashes, 2 serious or fatal, no deaths. 1300 East (46) and 1000 East (34) are its busiest junctions.

The ten streets carry 3,312 of Draper's 5,298 street crashes (62.5%), 52 of the 96 serious or fatal crashes and 7 of the 13 street deaths. 12300 South alone has 16.9% of the city's street crashes, more than twice the count on any other street, but none of Draper's street deaths.

A Hillside Road Climbs the Severity List

Rank by serious or fatal crashes and 12300 South still leads with 13, followed by State Street with 11 and Minuteman Drive with 7. Traverse Ridge Road, 12th by volume with 167 crashes, comes fourth with 6; 48.5% of its crashes fall in UDOT's single-vehicle or not-applicable group, and its junctions include Mike Weir Drive and Suncrest Drive. Bangerter Parkway (101 crashes, 2 deaths) and Fort Street (55 crashes) each reach 4 serious crashes.

What Draper's Crash Reports Flag

Rear-end collisions are the most common crash on Draper's streets, 36.0% against 30.2% across the seven counties, but they account for only 10 serious or fatal crashes. Side impacts account for 38, and the group UDOT reports as single-vehicle or not applicable, which covers a vehicle hitting a pedestrian, cyclist or fixed object, for 37. Pedestrians were in 44 crashes and cyclists in 45; 5 and 4 of those were serious.

A teen driver appears in 28.3% of street crashes (23.8% regionally). The hit-and-run rate, 8.6%, matches the seven-county figure, and impaired driving was flagged less often than average, 0.9% against 1.6%. Wild animals show up in 143 crashes (2.7%, against 2.1%). Wednesday had the most street crashes over the period, 911, and Sunday the fewest, 309.

Almost Half on I-15

I-15 alone recorded 4,465 crashes in Draper, with 47 serious or fatal and 9 deaths. Interstate crashes were less often serious than street crashes, 1.05% against 1.81%. The Bangerter Highway interchange ramps added 41. Among the 57 cities we have measured, only three have a larger share of their crashes on freeways and ramps. As with every page in this series, minor property-damage crashes below Utah's reporting threshold, unreported collisions and anything after August 4, 2025 are not in the counts.

Paying for a Draper Crash Injury

Your own personal injury protection pays first for medical care, at least $3,000 regardless of who was at fault (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). Suing the driver who caused the crash for pain and other general damages requires an injury beyond the § 31A-22-309 threshold, such as a fracture, permanent impairment or medical bills over $3,000; that limit does not apply to an uninsured motorist claim. If the driver fled and is never identified, the vehicle is treated as uninsured (§ 31A-22-305(2)(b)). You can recover only if the others' fault outweighs yours, and your award is reduced by your share (§ 78B-5-818). The usual deadline for an injury suit is four years (§ 78B-2-307), but a claim that a road or signal under city or state control was unsafe needs a written notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). Our Draper car accident page covers these claims in more detail, and Draper's most dangerous intersections looks at pedestrian and cyclist crashes at signals. See also our guides to motorcycle accident claims, how fault is proven, how to file a PIP claim and the deadline to sue.

The Losses That Count

• Bills and income: emergency treatment, specialist visits, therapy and medication, the paychecks you lost, and repairing or replacing your vehicle.
• Pain and disruption: the injury's physical toll and the ordinary parts of life it interrupts, from work and exercise to sleep and family time.
• Care ahead: future procedures and therapy, lost earning capacity, and help at home when recovery is incomplete.

Counting Method and Sources

Data: UDOT's public crash records (Crash_Locations), every type of crash, January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025, the last date in the public series. City limits: UGRC's municipal boundary map, applied to all years, so crashes in areas annexed later count as Draper. Street matching: the nearest UGRC Utah Roads segment within 35 meters, with the officer's named road preferred; across the state the match lines up with the report's road in roughly nine of ten crashes. Serious or fatal: coded fatal or suspected serious injury. Report flags show what officers noted, not fault, and comparisons cover the seven counties in this data. Every city we have ranked this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous roads.