Ogden's Most Dangerous Roads

The page measures streets rather than single intersections. Each crash UDOT logged inside Ogden city limits over that span was assigned to a street using the state's road map and the road named in the officer's report. I-15 crashes and ramp crashes are set aside in their own section, and parking-lot crashes are left out. A crash is serious or fatal when the report lists a death or a suspected serious injury.

UDOT's records show 10,786 crashes within the city. 732 occurred on I-15 or a ramp, 118 on private property, and 38 could not be matched to a street, which leaves 9,898 on Ogden's streets. Of those, 344 were serious or fatal, 3.5% compared with 2.6% across the seven counties in this data (Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber, Summit, Cache and Washington), and 62 people were killed. Some injury, counting possible injuries, was reported in 38.3% of crashes, against 32.1% across those counties.

Five Streets, Most of the Deaths

Washington Boulevard (US-89) leads in crashes, serious or fatal crashes and deaths: 1,551 crashes, 67 serious or fatal and 16 deaths. Harrison Boulevard (SR-203), Wall Avenue (SR-204), 12th Street (SR-39) and Monroe Boulevard follow it by crash count. Together the five hold 4,837 crashes, 48.9% of the city's total, along with 191 serious or fatal crashes and 39 of the 62 deaths, nearly two in three.

12th Street stands apart. It ranks fourth by crashes and fourth by serious or fatal crashes, yet 10 of its 24 serious or fatal crashes killed someone. Citywide the ratio is 61 fatal crashes out of 344, and across the seven counties fatal crashes are 13.7% of the serious-or-fatal total. Ten deaths put 12th Street second only to Washington Boulevard among the streets ranked here.

Ogden's Top Ten Crash Streets

The ranking counts crashes on each street inside city limits from January 2018 through August 4, 2025. If two listed streets meet, a crash there is counted once, on the street the officer's report names. The cross streets named are where each street's own crashes concentrate.

• Washington Boulevard (US-89) — 1,551 crashes, 67 serious or fatal, 16 deaths. Its busiest junctions are 12th Street (77), 24th Street (60) and 30th Street (59, 5 of them serious or fatal). Pedestrians were involved in 28 of its serious or fatal crashes and motorcyclists in 19.
• Harrison Boulevard (SR-203) — 1,012 crashes, 32 serious or fatal, 4 deaths. Country Hills Drive (72) has the most crashes, while Canyon Road (57) has the most serious ones, 6.
• Wall Avenue (SR-204) — 979 crashes, 46 serious or fatal, 6 deaths. 20th Street and 31st Street lead its junctions with 71 crashes each, and 5 of the 40 crashes at 2nd Street were serious or fatal.
• 12th Street (SR-39) — 839 crashes, 24 serious or fatal, 10 deaths. Its crashes collect at Depot Drive (93), Monroe Boulevard (85) and Washington Boulevard (80).
• Monroe Boulevard — 456 crashes, 22 serious or fatal, 3 deaths. More than half (52.4%) were side impacts and officers flagged a driver disregarding a signal or sign in 19.3%, the highest shares of both among these ten; rear-end crashes were just 8.8%.
• 31st Street — 374 crashes, 10 serious or fatal, 2 deaths. Rear-end collisions made up 46.3%, more than on any other street here, and Parker Drive accounts for 75 of its crashes.
• 24th Street — 345 crashes, 11 serious or fatal, 4 deaths. Officers flagged distraction in 49 crashes and impairment in 12, the highest shares of both among these ten. Washington Boulevard (48) is its busiest junction.
• 30th Street (SR-79) — 312 crashes, 9 serious or fatal, 1 death. A driver left the scene in 44 of them, 14.1%, the highest hit-and-run share on this list; Washington Boulevard (34) and Wall Avenue (33) are its busiest junctions.
• 36th Street — 169 crashes, 4 serious or fatal, no deaths, the lowest serious-or-fatal share among these ten. Harrison Boulevard and Van Buren Avenue tie as its busiest junctions with 18 crashes each.
• 21st Street — 158 crashes, 7 serious or fatal, 1 death. Side impacts are 51.9% of its crashes, and Monroe Boulevard (25) is its busiest junction.

These ten streets carry 6,195 crashes, 62.6% of the total on Ogden's non-freeway roads, along with 47 of the 62 deaths. The remaining 15 deaths are scattered across the other 268 streets where the data places crashes.

When the Measure Is Serious Injury

Order the streets by serious or fatal crashes and Wall Avenue moves up to second with 46, passing Harrison Boulevard, which falls to third with 32. 12th Street (24) and Monroe Boulevard (22) round out the top five. Among Ogden's fifteen busiest streets, the highest serious-or-fatal share belongs to 2nd Street, where 7 of 138 crashes (5.1%) were serious or fatal, and Monroe Boulevard (4.8%) and Wall Avenue (4.7%) follow.

Pedestrians, Red Lights and Drivers Who Fled

Much of Ogden's harm falls on people outside a vehicle. Pedestrians were involved in 4.2% of crashes, about twice the 2.0% across the seven counties, and in 91 of the 344 serious or fatal crashes (26.5%, against 15.1%). The group UDOT reports as single-vehicle or not applicable, which includes a vehicle striking a pedestrian, a cyclist or a fixed object, accounts for 161 of the serious or fatal crashes; side impacts account for 126.

The reports also show more drivers breaking basic rules. A driver disregarded a signal or sign in 10.7% of crashes (7.8% across the seven counties), and a driver left the scene in 11.5% (8.6%). Impairment was flagged in 38 serious or fatal crashes, 11.0% of them, against 7.7% across the seven counties. Crashes peak in the 4 p.m. hour and on Fridays. Serious or fatal crashes peaked at 57 in 2020, a year when total crashes dipped to 1,250 from 1,311 in 2019, and ran between 40 and 46 a year from 2022 through 2024.

I-15 Inside Ogden

I-15 and the ramps within city limits account for 732 crashes, 6.8% of Ogden's total. I-15 itself had 721, with 26 serious or fatal and 1 death. Officers flagged speed in 22.9% of them, and rear-end collisions were 24.3%. Those crashes are kept out of the street ranking. Crashes too minor to meet Utah's property-damage reporting threshold are missing from UDOT's records, and nothing after August 4, 2025 is included.

What These Crashes Mean for an Injury Claim

After a Utah crash, your own personal injury protection pays first: at least $3,000 in medical expenses regardless of fault (Utah Code § 31A-22-307). Claims against the at-fault driver for pain and similar losses require an injury beyond the § 31A-22-309 threshold, such as a bone fracture, permanent disability or disfigurement, or medical bills over $3,000; that threshold does not limit an uninsured motorist claim. A hit-and-run driver who is never found is treated as uninsured (§ 31A-22-305(2)(b)). Your damages shrink by your share of fault, and you recover nothing unless the other parties' combined fault is greater than yours (§ 78B-5-818). Most injury suits must be filed within four years (§ 78B-2-307). Washington Boulevard, Harrison Boulevard, Wall Avenue and 12th Street are state routes, and a claim that road design or upkeep played a part, against the city or the state, requires a written notice of claim within one year (§ 63G-7-402). Our Ogden car accident and Ogden personal injury pages explain these claims, and Ogden’s most dangerous intersections covers the signals where pedestrians and cyclists are hit. The statewide guides cover how fault is proven, how to file a PIP claim and the deadline to bring a case. West Haven’s streets, just to the southwest, are ranked on our West Haven’s most dangerous roads page.

Damages After an Ogden Crash

• Economic losses: hospital and treatment bills, prescriptions, wages lost while you recover, reduced earning ability, and vehicle repair or replacement.
• Non-economic losses: pain, emotional distress, and the everyday activities an injury forces you to give up.
• Future needs: further surgery or rehabilitation, and in-home help when an injury leaves lasting limits.

Data Sources and Limits

Source: UDOT's public Crash_Locations records for Weber County, every crash type, January 1, 2018 to August 4, 2025, the end of the published series. Boundaries: UGRC's municipal boundary map, applied to all years. Street assignment: the nearest UGRC Utah Roads segment within 35 meters, favoring the road named in the officer's report; that assignment agreed with the report's road in about nine of every ten crashes statewide. Severity: serious or fatal means coded fatal or suspected serious injury. Monthly patterns use only the full years 2018 through 2024. Flags record what the officer noted and are not findings of fault. Comparisons refer 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.