Herriman Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

Herriman is a young city that is still being built. Children walk to Jordan School District schools on streets that did not exist a few years ago, families cross Herriman Boulevard and 13400 South to reach stores and parks, and new subdivision streets empty onto Mountain View Corridor and Bangerter Highway, where drivers are used to highway speed.

The Herriman Police Department tells residents that most local crashes happen around intersections, when a driver ignores a stop sign or signal or is distracted inside the car. When the person hurt is on foot, the driver's insurer usually tries to flip that story. Below are the rules that apply in Herriman and the evidence worth saving.

What Utah Law Requires of Herriman Drivers

A driver must slow down or stop for a person crossing in a crosswalk on the driver's half of the road, or approaching so closely from the other half as to be in danger, and must come to a complete stop at an occupied school crosswalk (Utah Code § 41-6a-1002). A driver who stops at a stop sign must also yield to pedestrians in the adjacent crosswalk (§ 41-6a-902).

Herriman Police spell out the difference on the city's crosswalk guidance: at a zebra-striped school crosswalk, drivers wait until the pedestrian has crossed the entire road; at a standard crosswalk, until the pedestrian has cleared the driver's side. Utah also forbids a driver from knowingly, intentionally or recklessly operating within three feet of a pedestrian (§ 41-6a-706.5). Our Utah pedestrian claims guide covers how fault is weighed. For statewide crash figures and Utah crosswalk law, see our Utah pedestrian accident lawyer page.

Who Pays the Medical Bills

A Herriman pedestrian claim usually draws on more than one policy:

• Personal injury protection pays first. PIP from your household's auto policy covers you on foot, and if no one in your home has a policy, the PIP on the car that hit you can cover a pedestrian injured in Utah (§ 31A-22-308). It pays at least $3,000 in medical expenses plus 85% of lost gross income, up to $250 a week for as long as 52 weeks. See how Utah no-fault works.
• The driver's liability coverage comes next. Once an injury meets a condition in § 31A-22-309, such as a bone fracture, permanent impairment or medical bills over $3,000, you can pursue the at-fault driver's insurer for pain, lost earning capacity and future care.

If the driver carried too little insurance, none at all, or drove away, the uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage on your own policy may fill the gap. Report a hit-and-run to Herriman Police right away and write down anything a neighbor or passing driver saw; our hit-and-run guide explains why that matters.

Fault, Children and Deadlines

Under § 78B-5-818, the share of fault assigned to you comes off your award, and you recover nothing if it reaches 50%. When the injured walker is a child, Utah generally asks what a child of similar age and experience would reasonably do, not what an adult would. Most injury suits have four years, but a crash involving a Herriman City vehicle, a public work zone or a UDOT highway requires a notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). The Utah deadlines page lists each limit.

Where People on Foot Get Hurt in Herriman

13400 South and Herriman Boulevard, the connectors through the shopping and residential core, crowded at the start and end of the school day with parents, commuters and construction vehicles. Crossings near Mountain View Corridor (SR-85) and Bangerter Highway (SR-154), where drivers arriving at near-freeway speed reach signals and turn lanes. Newer neighborhood streets, where lane layouts and temporary traffic control shift as building continues, and where cars backing out of driveways meet children on bikes and on foot. Pedestrian and bicycle crash counts at each Herriman signal are on our Herriman dangerous intersections page.

Who investigates: the Herriman Police Department at 5355 West Main Street takes crashes on city streets, and the Utah Highway Patrol may handle a crash on a state highway. Get the agency name and case number. A Herriman lawsuit is filed in the Third Judicial District Court for Salt Lake County, which sits at the West Jordan courthouse, 8080 South Redwood Road, and the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City.

Common Ways Drivers Strike Pedestrians Here

A driver rolling through a neighborhood stop sign, a left turn onto 13400 South timed to oncoming cars instead of the crosswalk, a car reversing out of a driveway without a clear view (§ 41-6a-1701 permits backing only when it can be done safely), speed carried off the highways, and phones. Herriman Police note that slowing from 30 to 25 mph cuts stopping distance from about 109 feet to 85 feet.

Injuries and Where They Are Treated

Even at neighborhood speed, a car can break a leg or pelvis, injure the head or spine, and cause wrist and shoulder fractures in the fall. Children often under-report pain, so symptoms can be missed on the first day. Intermountain Riverton Hospital is a Level IV trauma center that evaluates and stabilizes, and the most serious injuries go on to the Level I center at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray.

What a Claim Can Recover

• Medical and financial losses: the ambulance, hospital and follow-up care, time off work for you or a parent caring for an injured child, and reduced earning ability.
• Pain and quality-of-life losses: physical pain, anxiety about walking near traffic, and missed school, sports and family routines.
• Care still to come: later surgery, therapy and equipment when an injury will not fully heal.
• Losses after a death: when a Herriman family loses someone, a wrongful death claim has its own two-year deadline. Our wrongful death guide explains who may bring it.

How Insurers Push Back

Expect to hear that a child ran out between parked cars, that you were outside a crosswalk, or that it was getting dark. The answers usually sit in physical evidence: doorbell cameras on residential streets, dashcam files, the striping and signs as they looked that day, and the police report. Doorbell video is often overwritten within days. For collisions between vehicles, see our Herriman car accident page; for other injuries in the city, our Herriman personal injury page.