Holladay's Most Dangerous Roads

This page sorts Holladay's crashes by street. Every crash in UDOT's records inside city limits was matched to the nearest street on the state road map, and when the officer's report named a different nearby road, the report won. I-215 and freeway ramps are counted in a separate section, and crashes in private lots stay out of the ranking. A crash is serious or fatal when the report records a death or a suspected serious injury.

UDOT logged 2,329 crashes in Holladay over the period. Taking out 394 on I-215 and its ramps, 65 on private property and 7 that could not be placed leaves 1,863 street crashes. Of those, 41 were serious or fatal (2.2%, against 2.6% on non-freeway roads across the seven counties in this data), and 5 people died in 4 fatal crashes.

Highland Drive: Four of the Five Deaths

Highland Drive (1970 East) had 349 crashes, 18.7% of the city total, along with 12 of the 41 serious or fatal crashes. Its 3 fatal crashes took 4 lives. Side-impact crashes make up 8 of its 12 serious ones. The busiest point on the street is the 4500 South junction, with 58 crashes and 4 serious ones, followed by Murray Holladay Road (37) and Walker Lane (20).

The officer flagged a drunk or drugged driver in 10 Highland Drive crashes, the most of any road on the list below, and a driver who ignored a signal or sign in 29. UDOT's traffic estimates for the street reach about 22,000 vehicles a day.

Eight Holladay Roads in Rank Order

Eight roads recorded at least 50 crashes, listed here by crash count. 3900 South, with 49, missed the cut by one. A crash where two listed roads meet counts once, on the road the officer named.

• Highland Drive (1970 East) — 349 crashes, 12 serious or fatal, 4 deaths. Busiest junctions: 4500 South (58), Murray Holladay Road (37) and Walker Lane (20).
• 2300 East — 204 crashes, 2 serious, no deaths. Rear-end crashes were 52.9%, and a teen driver was involved in exactly half (102), both the highest shares on this list.
• Holladay Boulevard (2840 East) — 160 crashes, 1 serious. Distraction was flagged in 28 (17.5%), more often than on any other listed road. Busiest junctions: Murray Holladay Road (17) and 6200 South (16).
• Murray Holladay Road (4780 South) — 123 crashes, 2 serious. The driver left the scene in 16 (13.0%), the highest hit-and-run share here; 19 crashes were at Highland Drive.
• 4500 South (SR-266) — 107 crashes, 3 serious. Side-impact crashes were 41.1%; the busiest junctions were 2300 East (26) and Highland Drive (21).
• Vanwinkle Expressway (1940 East, SR-152) — 101 crashes, 7 serious or fatal, 1 death. Its serious-or-fatal rate, 6.9%, is the highest on this list.
• 6200 South (SR-190) — 79 crashes, 2 serious. Its busiest junction is 3000 East, with 24.
• 3000 East — 54 crashes, none serious. A driver who ignored a signal or sign was flagged in 10, and half the crashes (27) were at 6200 South.

The eight roads hold 1,177 of Holladay's 1,863 street crashes (63.2%), 29 of the 41 serious or fatal crashes and all 5 deaths.

Vanwinkle Expressway and Its 5600 South Junction

Sorted by serious or fatal crashes, Highland Drive leads with 12 and Vanwinkle Expressway is second with 7, despite ranking sixth by crash count. Of Vanwinkle's 7 serious crashes, 5 happened at one junction, 5600 South, which had 37 crashes in all. The junction with 1300 East had 25 crashes and none serious. 4500 South is third on the severity list with 3.

Speed, Seat Belts and Cars Leaving the Road

The serious crashes in Holladay carry an unusual set of flags. Speed was flagged in 12 of the 41 (29.3%), second-highest among the 57 cities (18.9% regionally). A vehicle left the roadway in 15 (36.6%), also second-highest (22.5%). Someone in the vehicle was not wearing a seat belt in 7 (17.1%), third-highest (10.2%).

Across all crashes, an older driver was involved in 23.3%, third-highest of the 57 (14.9% regionally), and a teen driver in 25.8%. Distraction was flagged in 12.2% (9.8% regionally). Crashes fell from 307 in 2019 to 187 in 2020 and settled at 224 in 2024; serious or fatal crashes moved between 2 and 9 a year with no steady direction.

What I-215 Adds

I-215 accounts for 389 more crashes inside Holladay, 3 of them serious and none fatal. Freeways and ramps were 16.9% of the city's crashes, against 21.4% across the seven counties. Two limits apply to every figure here: crashes that caused only property damage below Utah's reporting threshold are not in the records, and a crash where two ranked streets meet is counted on one of them.

Holladay Crash Claims: The Rules That Apply

Start with your own personal injury protection, which pays at least $3,000 in medical expenses regardless of fault (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). Suing the at-fault driver for pain and other general damages requires an injury that meets the § 31A-22-309 threshold, such as a fracture, a permanent impairment or more than $3,000 in medical bills, though that threshold does not apply to an uninsured motorist claim. Not wearing a seat belt is not comparative negligence in Utah and cannot be used as evidence on negligence, injuries or damages (§ 41-6a-1806). Your own share of fault still reduces what you recover, and you recover only if the other parties' fault exceeds yours (§ 78B-5-818). Most suits must be filed within four years (§ 78B-2-307); a claim that a public road was unsafe needs a written notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). Read more on our Holladay car accident and Holladay personal injury pages, on Holladay's most dangerous intersections for people on foot and on bikes, and in our guides to proving fault, PIP claims and the deadline to sue.

Losses Worth Documenting

• Bills and income: emergency treatment, surgery, therapy and medication, plus the work you miss and any lasting cut to your earning ability.
• Everyday harm: pain, anxiety behind the wheel, and the time with family or activities the injury takes away.
• Down the road: future medical needs and the cost to repair or replace your vehicle.

Sources, Matching and Limits

Records: UDOT Crash_Locations, January 1, 2018 to August 4, 2025. City boundary: UGRC's current Holladay limits, used for every year. Streets: UGRC Utah Roads, with each crash matched within 35 meters and the road named in the report given priority. Traffic estimates are UDOT figures attached to state routes and vary by year. Serious or fatal: Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury. Regional comparisons use non-freeway crashes in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Summit, Cache and Washington counties. Every city we have ranked this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous roads.