South Ogden's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Every figure on this page starts with UDOT's crash records. Each crash in them that involved someone walking or riding a bicycle was placed at the nearest signal in UDOT's pedestrian and bicycle safety model, as long as that signal stood within 250 feet; that reach is the intersection distance used in the Highway Safety Manual. Thirteen of the model's signals are in South Ogden. A crash UDOT coded Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury is described here as serious or fatal.

Matched that way, South Ogden's signals account for 14 pedestrian crashes and 5 bicycle crashes. One crash involved both a walker and a rider, so the number of separate crashes is 18. Three of the pedestrian crashes (21.4%) and one of the bicycle crashes (20.0%) were serious or fatal. Applied to all 1,263 signals in the model, the same method gives 16.7% for pedestrians and 8.9% for cyclists, but at South Ogden's scale a single crash shifts the pedestrian share by about 7 points and the bicycle share by 20.

Twelve of Eighteen Near 40th Street

40th Street at Washington Boulevard (US-89) recorded 6 separate crashes: 5 involving a pedestrian, one of them serious or fatal, and 2 involving a bicyclist, with one crash on both lists. Less than half a mile west, the signal where Riverdale Road (SR-26) meets Wall Avenue (SR-204) by 40th Street logged 3 pedestrian and 2 bicycle crashes. 4000 South at Adams Avenue added 1 pedestrian crash, and the fourth signal in the group, Chimes View Drive at Riverdale Road, had none. Between them the four hold 12 of the city's 18 crashes, 9 of its 14 pedestrian crashes and 4 of its 5 bicycle crashes.

The serious crashes follow a different map. Of the three pedestrian crashes coded serious or fatal, only the one at 40th and Washington was at the north end. The other two happened farther south, at 5700 South and Harrison Boulevard (SR-203) and at 5000 South and Washington Boulevard, and the city's lone serious bicycle crash was at Washington Boulevard and 1050 East. The northern signals carry most of the crashes but only one of the four that were serious or fatal.

Every South Ogden Signal With a Recorded Crash

Eight of the 13 signals recorded at least one pedestrian or bicycle crash, and all eight appear below. They are ordered by pedestrian crashes, then by bicycle crashes, then by serious or fatal pedestrian crashes; signals still tied after that run north to south. Walking and traffic numbers are estimates from UDOT's model, not counts taken during the crash period.

• 40th Street & Washington Boulevard (US-89) — 5 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 2 bicycle crashes, 6 crashes in all because one involved both. The most of any South Ogden signal; UDOT's model estimates about 93 people walk through it daily.
• Riverdale Road (SR-26) & Wall Avenue (SR-204) at 40th Street — 3 pedestrian crashes and 2 bicycle crashes, none serious or fatal. The model's foot-traffic estimate is about 116 a day, and the busier of its two roads carries about 26,000 vehicles.
• 5700 South & Harrison Boulevard (SR-203) — 2 pedestrian crashes, 1 of them serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. UDOT's model gives this signal the highest estimated foot traffic in South Ogden, about 172 people a day, with two bus stops nearby.
• 5000 South & Washington Boulevard (US-89) — 1 pedestrian crash, serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. A three-leg intersection where the model's walking estimate is about 10 a day. UDOT lists it under both South Ogden and Washington Terrace.
• 4000 South & Adams Avenue — 1 pedestrian crash, not serious or fatal. The model notes a school nearby and estimates about 63 walkers a day.
• Washington Boulevard (US-89) & Adams Avenue Parkway — 1 pedestrian crash, not serious or fatal. UDOT lists this signal under both South Ogden and Washington Terrace, and its model notes a school nearby.
• Washington Boulevard (US-89) & 850 East (Glasmann) — 1 pedestrian crash, not serious or fatal, at a crossing estimated at about 52 walkers a day.
• Washington Boulevard (US-89) & 1050 East — no pedestrian crashes, but 1 bicycle crash, and it was serious or fatal: the only one in the city.

Five of the eight are on Washington Boulevard. Past the third entry every signal had a single crash, so the order there rests on the tie-breaks rather than on any real difference in danger. Five of the city's 13 signals recorded no crash at all, among them US-89 at Skyline Drive, where the busier road carries an estimated 44,500 vehicles a day, the most of any South Ogden signal.

Five Bicycle Crashes, Four of Them Up North

Bicycle crashes were rare: five in more than seven and a half years. Four happened at the two northern signals that lead the list, 2 at 40th and Washington and 2 at Riverdale Road and Wall Avenue, and none of those four was serious or fatal. The fifth, at Washington Boulevard and 1050 East, was. UDOT's model puts rider traffic at every South Ogden signal at about 6 a day or fewer; the highest estimate belongs to 5600 South (Combe) at Harrison Boulevard, which recorded no crash.

Reading UDOT's Estimates Alongside the Counts

Alongside its signal list, UDOT's model carries a set of estimates for each crossing. Some describe who uses it, roughly how many people walk or bike through on an average day. Others describe the setting: traffic on each road, nearby schools, bus stops and street lighting. None of these is a crash count. The model's own predicted-crash figures are left off this page entirely, because they come from a separate calculation that does not cover the 2018 to 2025 records counted here.

In South Ogden the estimates line up with the crashes only loosely. The three northern signals with crashes rank second, third and fifth in the city for estimated foot traffic, at about 116, 93 and 63 walkers a day. The highest estimate, about 172 at 5700 South and Harrison Boulevard, goes with 2 pedestrian crashes, one of them serious. Near the bottom, 5000 South at Washington Boulevard is estimated at about 10 walkers a day and still had a serious or fatal pedestrian crash. UDOT's model flags no South Ogden signal as unlit.

Mostly Daytime, With Two Crashes on Snow or Ice

South Ogden’s pedestrian crashes lean toward working hours. Ten of the 14 happened between 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., and only 3 came after 3 p.m. Six were recorded in the dark, one of them serious or fatal, and two happened on a road surface coded as snow, slush or ice. The bicycle crashes break the pattern: 3 of the 5, including the city’s one serious bicycle crash, came between 7 p.m. and midnight. With 14 pedestrian crashes in all, a month-by-month comparison would say more about chance than about the city.

No Hit-and-Run Flags, Two Teen Drivers

None of South Ogden’s 18 crashes was flagged as a hit and run, which is unusual: statewide, about 17.6 percent of pedestrian crashes at signals carry that flag. Two of the three serious or fatal pedestrian crashes involved a teen driver, and the city’s lone serious bicycle crash was flagged both for an older driver and for disregarding a traffic signal or sign.

When the driver stays at the scene, a pedestrian’s first medical bills usually go to personal injury protection. Under Utah Code § 31A-22-308, the policy on a vehicle covers a pedestrian injured in a Utah accident involving that vehicle, and § 31A-22-307 sets the medical benefit at no less than $3,000 per person. Claims beyond that run against the driver’s liability coverage.

Faster Roads, Missing Sidewalk

All four of South Ogden’s serious or fatal crashes happened where the faster road is posted 40 mph or more, and three were at signals posted 50 or 55: 5700 South at Harrison Boulevard (50), 5000 South at Washington Boulevard (50) and Washington Boulevard at 1050 East (55). At each of those three, UDOT’s state-route sidewalk inventory lists a missing or discontinuous stretch of sidewalk within about 500 feet. The fourth was at 40th Street and Washington Boulevard, posted 40.

The sidewalk flag alone does not explain where crashes happen, since 10 of the city’s 13 signals carry it, and the limits are today’s postings from UDOT and UGRC rather than measured vehicle speeds. With four serious crashes in seven and a half years, this is a pattern worth noting, not a proven cause.

Limits of a Small Count

These numbers are small enough that chance matters. Eighteen crashes spread over 13 signals and more than seven and a half years means most signals saw one crash or none. Only crashes within 250 feet of a signal are included, so a pedestrian struck mid-block on Washington Boulevard or Harrison Boulevard, in a driveway or in a parking lot falls outside them. Each crash is tied to a single signal. A crash is not a person, since one collision can injure several people, and nothing in these records says who was at fault.

When the Crash Happened at One of These Signals

A signal's history can matter in an injury claim. Repeated crashes at the same crossing bear on whether a hazard was known, and on whether timing, markings or lighting played a part alongside a driver's conduct. Records of signal timing and roadway features can be requested from UDOT and the city. Our South Ogden car accident page covers local claims, and the statewide guides explain pedestrian accident claims, bicycle accident claims, how fault is proven, how to file a PIP claim and the deadline to bring a case. Washington Boulevard continues north into Ogden, whose signals are ranked on our Ogden dangerous intersections page. All crash types, street by street, are on our South Ogden’s most dangerous roads page.

What an Injury Claim Can Cover

• Money already lost: ambulance and hospital bills, follow-up treatment and therapy, and wages missed while recovering.
• Harm that is not on a bill: pain, the loss of ordinary routines, and the reluctance to walk or ride that often follows a crash.
• What lies ahead: future surgery or care, and reduced earning ability when an injury lasts.

Sources and Method

Where the numbers come from. Crash counts: UDOT crash records involving a pedestrian or bicyclist, dated January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025, each tied to the nearest signal in UDOT's pedestrian and bicycle safety model when it lay within 250 feet, the Highway Safety Manual's intersection distance. Serious or fatal: UDOT's Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury codes. Walker, rider and vehicle estimates, schools, bus stops and lighting: the same UDOT model. Statewide percentages apply the identical matching to all 1,263 modeled signals. The new timing, light and driver-flag figures use the same UDOT crash records; posted speed limits are from UDOT’s 2026 state-route layer and UGRC’s Utah Roads data, and the sidewalk flag is from UDOT’s inventory of sidewalks along state routes. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.