Lehi Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

Walking in Lehi often means crossing roads that were widened for commuters. Pioneer Crossing, Timpanogos Highway and 2100 North carry freeway-bound traffic past neighborhoods, schools and new apartment blocks, and the Thanksgiving Point business park puts office workers, museum and garden visitors, and FrontRunner riders on the same streets. When a driver is timing a green light or a merge, a person in the crosswalk is easy to miss.

The driver's insurer will usually say you stepped out suddenly or crossed where you should not have. Utah's pedestrian rules are more detailed than that, and the answer often turns on exactly where you were standing. If you were hurt inside a vehicle instead, see our Lehi car accident page.

The Crosswalk Question

Utah counts the part of an intersection between the lines of the sidewalks as a crosswalk even when nothing is painted, and any crossing distinctly marked on the pavement counts too (Utah Code § 41-6a-102). A driver must slow or stop for a pedestrian in a crosswalk on the driver's half of the road, or one approaching so closely from the other half as to be in danger (§ 41-6a-1002).

Outside a crosswalk the pedestrian yields, and between two neighboring intersections that both have working signals a person may cross only in a marked crosswalk (§ 41-6a-1003). On long signal-to-signal stretches like Pioneer Crossing, that rule is where the insurer starts, but it shifts only part of the fault. Our pedestrian guide walks through how the split works. For statewide crash figures and Utah crosswalk law, see our Utah pedestrian accident lawyer page.

Insurance That Can Pay

Several policies may respond to a pedestrian injury:

• The driver's bodily injury liability coverage. For policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, Utah's minimum is $30,000 per person (§ 31A-22-304), often far less than a serious injury costs.
• Personal injury protection. PIP on a household auto policy may pay at least $3,000 of medical expenses and 85% of lost gross income, capped at $250 a week for up to 52 weeks (§ 31A-22-307), depending on who the policy covers. Our no-fault guide has more.

When the driver's limits are too low or the driver cannot be found, uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage fills the gap. Our UIM guide and hit-and-run guide explain how that works.

Shared Fault and the Clock

Under § 78B-5-818, a pedestrian's recovery shrinks by their own share of fault and disappears only if that share equals or exceeds the combined fault of those responsible. Injury suits generally have four years, while claims against Lehi City, UTA or UDOT need a written notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). Details are on our deadlines page.

Where People on Foot Are Most Exposed in Lehi

Pioneer Crossing, a wide arterial with long gaps between signals. Timpanogos Highway near the I-15 interchange, where ramp traffic, turn lanes and outlet and office driveways meet. Ashton Boulevard around Thanksgiving Point, where riders from the Lehi FrontRunner station at 3101 North Ashton Boulevard walk to offices and parking. Main Street and the older downtown grid, where driveways and parked cars block sight lines. Signal-by-signal crash counts from UDOT records are on our Lehi dangerous intersections page.

Crashes inside the city are investigated by the Lehi Police Department at 128 North 100 East, and its reports are available through the LexisNexis BuyCrash portal or a records request. The Utah Highway Patrol generally handles I-15 and the state highways.

How Drivers Hit People on Foot

Left-turning drivers watching for a gap in oncoming traffic instead of the crosswalk, right turns on red without a look to the right, drivers backing out of stalls at Thanksgiving Point or the Traverse Mountain shops, phone use, speed on multi-lane arterials, and dark stretches between newer developments.

Injuries We Often See

A pedestrian usually takes the bumper at leg height, then the hood or windshield, then the pavement: leg and pelvic fractures, head and brain injuries, spinal injuries, and wrist and shoulder fractures from the fall. Holy Cross Hospital – Mountain Point in Lehi and American Fork Hospital are both state-designated Level III trauma centers, and the most severe injuries may be transferred to a higher-level center. A broken bone meets Utah's threshold for a full injury claim against the driver (§ 31A-22-309).

What You Can Recover

• Money losses: emergency and follow-up care, therapy, future treatment, lost pay and lost earning ability.
• Human losses: pain, fear of walking near traffic, and the activities the injury has taken away.
• Care over time: for fractures that never fully heal and brain injuries with lasting effects.
• A family's claim: when a pedestrian is killed. See our wrongful death guide.

What the Insurer Will Say

Expect “came out of nowhere,” “wasn't in the crosswalk” and “wearing dark clothes,” followed by an early offer. Signal timing, the actual crosswalk markings, streetlight locations and video from nearby offices and stores can answer those claims, but only if someone requests them before they are recorded over. See how a Utah injury case moves and our Lehi personal injury page.