South Salt Lake's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Every number below comes from one procedure. UDOT has modeled 27 signalized intersections in South Salt Lake for pedestrian and bicycle safety. We took each crash in UDOT's records that involved someone on foot or on a bicycle and assigned it to the closest of those 27 signals, provided it happened no more than 250 feet away, which is how the Highway Safety Manual defines an intersection crash. “Serious or fatal” on this page means UDOT recorded the severity as Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury.

Of the 136 crashes, 98 involved a pedestrian and 38 a bicyclist. Twenty of the pedestrian crashes, about one in five, ended in a death or a suspected serious injury, and so did 5 of the bicycle crashes. Run the same 250-foot match across all 1,263 modeled signals in Utah and those shares come to 16.7% for pedestrians and 8.9% for cyclists; South Salt Lake's are 20.4% and 13.2%.

Small City, Heavy Count

Statewide, the modeled signals average about 2.5 pedestrian or bicycle crashes apiece over this window. South Salt Lake's average is 5.0. Counting pedestrian crashes alone, the gap is wider still: 3.6 per signal here against 1.7 statewide. Salt Lake City, with 228 modeled signals, averages 2.8 of both kinds. These are raw counts divided by the number of signals, not rates adjusted for how many people walk or drive through each one, and UDOT's own foot-traffic estimates for South Salt Lake run high at several crossings.

Two signals carry much of that weight, and both rank among the ten highest pedestrian counts anywhere in UDOT's statewide model. 3300 South (SR-171) at West Temple logged 15 pedestrian crashes, third-most of any modeled signal in the state. 3300 South at State Street (US-89) logged 10, tied with three other signals for seventh, and 4 of those 10 were serious or fatal, more than at any other South Salt Lake signal. UDOT's model puts foot traffic at those two crossings at roughly 857 and 931 people a day, the two highest estimates in the city.

Ten South Salt Lake Signals With the Most Pedestrian Crashes

Ordered by recorded pedestrian crashes, January 2018 to August 4, 2025. When two signals have the same count, more bicycle crashes breaks the tie, and after that more serious or fatal pedestrian crashes. Daily walker and vehicle numbers are UDOT model estimates rather than counts.

• 3300 South (SR-171) & West Temple — 15 pedestrian crashes (2 serious or fatal) and 5 bicycle crashes (1 serious or fatal). Third-highest pedestrian count at any modeled signal in the state, and the city's top bicycle count as well.
• 3300 South (SR-171) & State Street (US-89) — 10 pedestrian crashes, 4 of them serious or fatal, and 2 bicycle crashes. The busiest walking crossing in South Salt Lake by UDOT's estimate, about 931 people a day, with roughly 39,500 vehicles a day on the busier approach.
• 3900 South & 700 West — 9 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash. UDOT files this signal under both South Salt Lake and Salt Lake County. Estimated foot traffic is about 292 people a day.
• 3300 South (SR-171) & 300 East — 7 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and 2 bicycle crashes. About 503 people cross on foot daily, by UDOT's estimate.
• 3900 South & State Street (US-89) — 7 pedestrian crashes, 3 serious or fatal, plus 1 bicycle crash. Second only to 3300 South and State in serious or fatal pedestrian crashes; four bus stops nearby.
• 3300 South (SR-171) & 700 East (SR-71) — 6 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 1 bicycle crash, where two state routes cross. UDOT's model notes a school nearby and four bus stops.
• 3300 South (SR-171) & Main Street — 5 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 4 bicycle crashes, second in the city for bicycle crashes. The busier road here carries about 44,000 vehicles a day.
• 2700 South & State Street (US-89) — 5 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 3 bicycle crashes. The highest pedestrian count north of 3300 South, with two schools nearby in UDOT's model.
• 3900 South & 700 East (SR-71) — 5 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and no bicycle crashes. Five bus stops nearby, tied for the most at any signal in the city.
• 3900 South & 300 East — 4 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 2 bicycle crashes. It is the only South Salt Lake signal with exactly 4, so the list ends cleanly here; six more signals had 3.

Those ten signals account for 73 of South Salt Lake's 98 pedestrian crashes; the remaining 17 share 25. Nine of the ten sit on one of two east-west streets, 3300 South or 3900 South, and the 17 modeled signals on those two streets logged 87 of the city's pedestrian crashes between them. The nine signals farther north, along 2700 South and the streetcar line near 2250 South, logged 8, and the pedestrian beacon on State Street near 2820 South logged the remaining 3.

The Bicycle Count

Bicycle crashes lean on 3300 South as well: 21 of the 38, more than half, happened at its nine signals. West Temple leads with 5 and Main Street follows with 4. Three signals logged 3 each: 2700 South at State Street, 3300 South at 500 East and 3900 South at 500 West. That last crossing stands out for severity. Two of its 3 bicycle crashes were serious or fatal, the only South Salt Lake signal with more than one; the city's other three serious or fatal bicycle crashes were at West Temple, 500 East and 3900 South at 210 West.

What UDOT's Exposure Estimates Show

Alongside its signal list, UDOT's model carries estimates for each crossing: how many people walk and bike through it on an average day, how many vehicles use each road, how many schools and bus stops are close by, and whether the intersection has street lighting. Those figures describe exposure. The model also produces its own predicted crash numbers, but those were generated separately and are not tied to the 2018 to 2025 window counted here, so this page does not set them against the counts.

In South Salt Lake the estimates and the counts mostly point the same way. The three crossings with UDOT's highest walker estimates, 3300 South and State (about 931 a day), 3300 South and West Temple (857) and 3900 South and State (684), hold first, second and fifth place on the pedestrian list above. The odd one out is the HAWK beacon on State Street near 2820 South, a signal that stays dark until someone on foot pushes the button to stop traffic. It recorded 3 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, yet UDOT's model gives it no foot-traffic estimate at all, a gap in the model rather than evidence of an empty crosswalk. UDOT also flags four South Salt Lake signals as unlit; together they recorded 1 pedestrian crash and 1 bicycle crash.

The Hours Between Work and Home

Almost half of South Salt Lake's pedestrian crashes at signals, 47 of 98, happened in the dark, against 34.1% statewide, and 14 of the city's 20 serious or fatal pedestrian crashes were among them. One hour stands out on the clock: 6 to 7 p.m. accounted for 17 crashes, and the two hours from 5 to 7 p.m. for 28, more than a quarter of the total. Thirteen crashes happened where the officer recorded darkness with no street lighting, 13.3% of the city's pedestrian crashes compared with 5.5% statewide. The week is unusually even here: Saturday and Sunday together had 25 crashes, a bigger weekend share than the state's 18.1%. The calendar is flat as well; across the complete years 2018 through 2024, no month logged more than 11.

Red Lights, Speed and Drivers Who Fled

Officers flagged 7 of the 98 pedestrian crashes as involving a driver who disregarded a signal or sign, and 5 as speed related. Those are small counts, but they are roughly twice and two and a half times the statewide shares of 3.7% and 1.9%. Twenty of the pedestrian crashes, 20.4%, were hit and run, compared with 17.6% statewide, and so were 6 of the 38 bicycle crashes. Both of the city's impaired-driver pedestrian crashes ended in a death or a suspected serious injury.

A red-light or speed flag on a crash report is evidence about the driver, not a verdict; fault still turns on everything that happened. Medical bills do not have to wait for that answer. Utah's personal injury protection statute reaches people on foot: a pedestrian hurt in Utah in an accident involving an insured vehicle can receive benefits under that vehicle's policy (Utah Code § 31A-22-308(3)(b)), including at least $3,000 toward medical care (§ 31A-22-307(1)(a)). When the driver fled, the law treats the unidentified vehicle as uninsured (§ 31A-22-305(2)(b)), which opens the injured person's own uninsured motorist coverage.

Most of It Happens at 35 mph

Taking the higher of each crossing's two current posted limits, 16 of South Salt Lake's 27 modeled signals are 35 mph crossings, and they recorded 74 of its 98 pedestrian crashes and 17 of its 20 serious or fatal ones. 3300 South (SR-171) is posted at 35 mph at all five of its signals on the list above. Only three listed signals involve a higher limit: 3900 South at 700 West, where UGRC's road data puts 700 West at 40 mph, and the two crossings of 700 East (SR-71), posted at 45 mph. UDOT's sidewalk inventory, which covers state routes only, notes absent or discontinuous sidewalk within about 500 feet of 3300 South and 700 East. Posted limits here are today's figures and may differ from those in force when a given crash occurred.

What the Count Leaves Out

Only crashes within 250 feet of a modeled signal are included. Someone struck between intersections, at a crosswalk with no signal, in a driveway or across a parking lot is not in these totals. Each crash is tied to one signal, so none is double counted, and each counts once however many people it injured. Signals on a city boundary are placed in one city; 3900 South at 700 West is listed by UDOT under both South Salt Lake and Salt Lake County and is counted here. With 38 bicycle crashes in all, one more or one fewer shifts the bicycle serious-or-fatal share by more than two and a half points. And no figure on this page decides who was at fault in any crash.

When a Crossing's History Matters

If a driver hit you at one of these signals, the crossing's history can support your claim, chiefly on the question of whether the danger was foreseeable. Where the problem may lie in the crossing itself, in its signal timing, markings or lighting, the city's and UDOT's records can be requested, but a claim against a government body runs on its own clock: Utah's Governmental Immunity Act requires a written notice of claim within one year (Utah Code § 63G-7-402). Our South Salt Lake personal injury and car accident pages explain how local claims proceed, and the statewide guides cover proving fault, filing a PIP claim and the general deadline to sue. For every crash type ranked by street, see South Salt Lake’s most dangerous roads.

What a Claim Can Cover

• Medical and income losses: ambulance and hospital charges, surgery, physical therapy, wages missed while recovering, and reduced earning power if the injury limits future work.
• Pain and lost enjoyment: the physical pain of the injury and the parts of ordinary life it takes away, from a daily walk to commuting by bike.
• What comes later: future surgeries, long-term care or help at home, and the cost of adapting a home or vehicle when an injury is permanent.

Sources and Method

Source data: UDOT crash records for January 1, 2018 through August 4, 2025, limited to crashes involving a pedestrian or bicyclist. Each crash was assigned to the nearest signal within 250 feet in UDOT's signalized-intersection pedestrian and bicycle safety model. Severity labels follow UDOT's coding, with serious or fatal meaning Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury. Walker, rider and vehicle volumes, school and bus-stop counts and lighting come from the same UDOT model and are estimates. Per-signal averages divide crash counts by the number of modeled signals; statewide figures cover all 1,263 modeled signals, and city comparisons cover the 52 Utah cities we have run through the same procedure. Hours, lighting, day of week and the officer-coded driver flags (hit and run, signal or sign violations, speed, impairment) are drawn from the same UDOT crash records; any month-by-month figure uses only the full years 2018 to 2024. Posted limits come from UDOT's 2026 state-route speed limits and UGRC's Utah Roads data for city streets, and the sidewalk note from UDOT's state-route sidewalk inventory. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.