Midvale's Most Dangerous Roads

To build the ranking, each crash UDOT recorded within Midvale's boundary was tied to the street where it happened, using the state road map and the road listed in the officer's report. I-15 and its ramps get their own section. Crashes in parking lots and on other private property are left out of the street figures. Serious or fatal means the report recorded a death or a suspected serious injury.

Over those years UDOT logged 7,714 crashes in Midvale: 2,717 on I-15 and freeway ramps, 204 on private property, 61 that could not be matched to a street, and 4,732 on surface streets. Of the street crashes, 98 were serious or fatal (2.1%) and 14 were fatal, killing 14 people. Across the seven counties in this data, Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Summit, Cache and Washington, the serious-or-fatal share for street crashes is 2.6%. Midvale's injury rate, counting possible injuries, was 29.3%, against 32.1%.

One Road Under Three Names

UGRC's road map gives 7200 South, Fort Union Boulevard and Jordan River Boulevard the same 7200 South address. Taken together they carry 1,345 of Midvale's street crashes, 28.4%, along with 31 of the 98 serious or fatal crashes and 4 of the 14 deaths. The stretch labeled 7200 South (SR-48) had 659 crashes, Fort Union Boulevard 552 and Jordan River Boulevard 134.

The three pieces behave differently. On 7200 South, 52.4% of crashes were rear-end collisions, the highest share among Midvale's ten busiest streets, and UDOT's traffic estimates reach about 48,000 vehicles a day; its count fell from 130 in 2018 to 62 in 2024. Fort Union Boulevard had the deaths: 3 of the 4 on the 7200 South line, and its busiest junction, 900 East, logged 142 crashes.

Ranking Midvale's Streets

Each street is ranked by the crashes UDOT placed on it inside Midvale from January 2018 through August 4, 2025. Under the method used here a crash at a junction is credited to one street, and the cross streets shown are the ones that account for the most of that street's own crashes.

• State Street (US-89) — 765 crashes, 19 serious or fatal, 3 deaths. 158 were at 7200 South, with 4 serious or fatal, followed by 7720 South (71) and 7800 South (64). Motorcyclists were involved in 8 of its serious or fatal crashes.
• 7200 South (SR-48) — 659 crashes, 16 serious or fatal, no deaths. Catalpa Street (112), Cottonwood Street (88, 4 of them serious or fatal) and 180 West (88) are its busiest junctions.
• Fort Union Boulevard — 552 crashes, 11 serious or fatal, 3 deaths. 900 East (142) and 700 East (82) account for much of it.
• Center Street — 283 crashes, 8 serious or fatal, 1 death. Holden Street is its busiest junction with 57 crashes, 3 of them serious or fatal.
• 900 East (SR-71) — 221 crashes, just 1 serious or fatal, no deaths, the lowest serious-or-fatal share among these ten. Fort Union Boulevard (53) and South Union Avenue (34) are its busiest junctions.
• Main Street — 219 crashes, 4 serious or fatal, 1 death. A driver left the scene in 41 of them, 18.7%, the highest hit-and-run share among these ten, and 3 of its 4 serious or fatal crashes came in 2024.
• Bingham Junction Boulevard — 208 crashes, 7 serious or fatal, 1 death. Its 3.4% serious-or-fatal share is the highest among these ten. 96 of its crashes were at Jordan River Boulevard, and Center Street (45) had 3 serious or fatal.
• Union Park Avenue — 145 crashes, 1 serious or fatal, 1 death. 65 were at Fort Union Boulevard, and side impacts are 46.9% of its crashes.
• Jordan River Boulevard — 134 crashes, 4 serious or fatal, 1 death. 700 West (36) and Bingham Junction Boulevard (33, 2 serious or fatal) are its busiest junctions.
• 700 West — 106 crashes, 2 serious or fatal, no deaths. 46 of them were at 7200 South.

The ten streets account for 3,292 crashes, 69.6% of Midvale's street total, with 73 of the 98 serious or fatal crashes and 11 of the 14 deaths. Three of the ten are the 7200 South line itself, and six of the other seven count a junction on that line among their three busiest.

Where Midvale Crashes Turn Serious

By serious or fatal crashes the order barely moves: State Street (19), 7200 South (16) and Fort Union Boulevard (11) lead, then Center Street (8) and Bingham Junction Boulevard (7). What changed is the timing. Midvale's streets had 21 serious or fatal crashes in 2024, the most of any full year in the data, after ranging from 9 to 14 a year from 2018 through 2023. Total street crashes moved the other way, from 776 in 2018 to 554 in 2024. 7200 South (5), State Street (4) and Main Street (3) had the most of 2024's serious crashes.

Hit and Runs at Nearly Twice the Usual Rate

A driver left the scene in 714 Midvale street crashes, 15.1%, against 8.6% across the seven counties. Among the serious or fatal crashes the gap is wider: 11 of 98, 11.2%, against 5.1%. When a fleeing driver is never found, the injured person's own uninsured motorist coverage is often the source of payment.

Pedestrians were involved in 2.8% of street crashes but 29 of the 98 serious or fatal ones, 29.6%, against 15.1% across the seven counties, and motorcyclists in 25. Teen drivers were flagged in 15.8% of crashes, below the 23.8% for the seven counties. Over the complete years 2018 through 2024, December had the most street crashes (426) and April the fewest (288).

I-15's Share of Midvale's Crashes

I-15 and freeway ramps account for 2,717 crashes in Midvale, 35.2% of all crashes in the city, compared with 21.4% across the seven counties. I-15 itself had 2,680: 22 serious or fatal, no deaths, 53.6% rear-end, and speed flagged in 904. The freeway crashes are not in the street ranking. Crashes below the property-damage threshold for a police report are missing from UDOT's data, which ends August 4, 2025.

Legal Steps for Midvale Crash Victims

In Utah your own personal injury protection pays first, covering at least $3,000 of medical expenses no matter who was at fault (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). Suing the other driver for pain and suffering requires an injury that meets the § 31A-22-309 threshold, such as a fracture, a permanent disability or disfigurement, or more than $3,000 in medical bills; a claim on uninsured motorist coverage does not have to meet it. A hit-and-run vehicle whose driver is never identified counts as uninsured (§ 31A-22-305(2)(b)). Utah reduces damages by the injured person's share of fault and bars recovery unless the other parties' combined fault is greater (§ 78B-5-818). Most injury suits must be filed within four years (§ 78B-2-307), while a claim that a city or state road was unsafe needs a written notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). See our Midvale car accident and Midvale personal injury pages, and Midvale’s most dangerous intersections for the signals where people on foot and on bikes are hit. The statewide guides cover how fault is proven, how to file a PIP claim and the deadline to bring a case.

Damages in a Midvale Injury Claim

• Bills and lost income: medical treatment from the ER onward, prescriptions, time off work and the cost of your damaged vehicle.
• Pain and disruption: physical suffering, emotional strain and the parts of daily life the injury takes away.
• Future care: treatment still to come, lasting limits on work, and household help an injury may require.

Notes on Method

Data: UDOT's public Crash_Locations records, all crash types, from January 1, 2018 until August 4, 2025, when the public series ends. Midvale's present UGRC municipal boundary is used for every year. Streets: each crash goes to the nearest UGRC Utah Roads segment within 35 meters, giving preference to the road the officer named; in the full seven-county set that choice matched the officer's road for about 89% of crashes. Serious or fatal: coded fatal or suspected serious injury. Officer flags such as hit and run describe the report, not fault. Comparisons are to the seven counties in this data. Every city we have ranked this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous roads.