Taylorsville's Most Dangerous Intersections for Pedestrians and Cyclists

A note on method before the figures. UDOT has built a pedestrian and bicycle safety model around signalized intersections, and it includes 27 in Taylorsville. Each crash in UDOT's records that involved a walker or a cyclist was placed at the closest of those signals if it occurred within 250 feet, the Highway Safety Manual's cutoff for an intersection crash, and dropped if not. Severity follows UDOT's coding: a crash marked Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury is called serious or fatal here.

The spread is as notable as the mix. Twenty-three of the 27 signals had at least one pedestrian crash; only four went the whole period without one. No single crossing dominates. The highest count is 9, and ten signals logged between 4 and 9. Eleven pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash were serious or fatal.

The Crossings Built for Volume

Taylorsville's top two signals both sit on 5400 South (SR-173). The first is its junction with Redwood Road (SR-68), built as a continuous-flow intersection: 9 pedestrian crashes, 2 serious or fatal, at the crossing where UDOT estimates the city's heaviest foot traffic, about 525 people a day, and about 56,500 vehicles a day on the busier road. The second, at 4015 West, logged 8 pedestrian crashes and the city's only serious or fatal bicycle crash; UDOT lists that signal under both Taylorsville and Salt Lake County.

Between those two, 5400 South runs through the Flex Lanes UDOT opened in 2012, where lanes shift direction to carry the heavier flow at rush hour. The three modeled signals along that stretch, at 2700 West, 3200 West and 3600 West, recorded 7 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and 2 bicycle crashes. Across all seven of its modeled signals in the city, 5400 South accounts for 25 pedestrian crashes, nearly a third of Taylorsville's total.

Taylorsville's Ten Highest Pedestrian Counts

Ranked on pedestrian crashes from January 1, 2018 to August 4, 2025. A tie is settled by bicycle crashes, then by serious or fatal pedestrian crashes; where two signals match on all three, they appear in street-number order. Walker and vehicle volumes are UDOT model estimates.

• 5400 South (SR-173) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 9 pedestrian crashes (2 serious or fatal) and 1 bicycle crash. A continuous-flow intersection with the city's highest estimated foot traffic, about 525 people a day.
• 5400 South (SR-173) & 4015 West — 8 pedestrian crashes, 1 serious or fatal, and 1 bicycle crash that was also serious or fatal, the only one in Taylorsville. UDOT's model lists a school nearby.
• 4200 South & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 6 pedestrian crashes, 2 of them serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. One of its roads carries about 51,000 vehicles a day, the other about 500.
• 4800 South & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 5 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and 3 bicycle crashes, the most of any Taylorsville signal.
• 4610 South (Conifer Way) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 5 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and no bicycle crashes. One of the signals serving Salt Lake Community College's Taylorsville Redwood Campus.
• 4700 South & 2700 West — 4 pedestrian crashes (1 serious or fatal) and 1 bicycle crash. Four bus stops nearby and about 291 people on foot a day, by UDOT's estimate.
• 4445 South & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 4 pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash, none serious or fatal. UDOT's model labels this signal for the college and lists a school nearby.
• 4700 South & 3600 West — 4 pedestrian crashes and 1 bicycle crash, none serious or fatal, with two bus stops nearby.
• 4700 South (SR-266) & Redwood Road (SR-68) — 4 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes. UDOT estimates about 466 walkers a day here, second only to 5400 South and Redwood.
• 6200 South & 2200 West — 4 pedestrian crashes, none serious or fatal, and no bicycle crashes, at a crossing UDOT estimates sees only about 33 people on foot a day. A school is nearby.

Ten signals made the list, but they hold only 53 of the 79 pedestrian crashes. The 17 signals below them account for the other 26, about a third, which is why Taylorsville's record reads more like a wide pattern than a short list of trouble spots. Redwood Road illustrates it: its nine modeled signals in the city logged 37 pedestrian crashes, the most of any street, yet that is still less than half the total.

A Thin Bicycle Record

Eighteen bicycle crashes were recorded at Taylorsville's signals in more than seven and a half years, spread over 13 signals, and no signal logged more than 3. 4800 South at Redwood Road had the 3. Three signals had 2 each: 4000 South at 1300 West, 4700 South at 3200 West, and 5400 South at 2700 West, one of the Flex Lane signals. The single serious or fatal bicycle crash happened at 5400 South and 4015 West. With a total this small, the bicycle numbers say little about which crossing is riskier for riders.

What UDOT's Model Adds

For each signal, UDOT's model estimates daily foot and bicycle traffic and vehicle volumes, and records nearby schools, bus stops and street lighting. Those estimates help describe how exposed a crossing is. The same model assigns each signal a predicted crash figure, but that prediction was made separately from the January 2018 to August 2025 records counted here and covers no stated period, so we leave it out rather than compare it with the counts.

The volume estimates match the top of the list in places and not in others. The two signals with the most estimated walkers, 5400 South and Redwood (about 525 a day) and 4700 South and Redwood (466), rank first and ninth by pedestrian crashes. 6200 South at 2200 West, with an estimate of about 33, still logged 4. Vehicle volume is heavy across the list: at eight of the ten, the busier road carries 30,000 or more vehicles a day by UDOT's estimate. None of Taylorsville's 27 signals is flagged as unlit.

A Record Moving the Other Way

Taylorsville's pedestrian count has fallen while the state's has risen. Its signals recorded 19 pedestrian crashes in 2018 and 14 in 2019, then no more than 11 in any later full year, with 7 in 2024. Over the same years the statewide total at modeled signals climbed from 241 to 330. Within the day the crashes are spread out: the stretch from 2 to 7 p.m. held 34 of the 79, and the 6 a.m. hour alone had 7. Darkness accounts for 26 crashes, 32.9%, close to the statewide 34.1%, yet for 7 of the 11 that were serious or fatal; the 7 p.m. to midnight window had 18 crashes, 5 of them serious or fatal. December and July were the quietest months of the complete years 2018 through 2024, with 2 each.

Distraction and Impairment in the Reports

Officers flagged 7 of Taylorsville's 79 pedestrian crashes as involving a distracted driver, 8.9%, against 5.1% at signals statewide, and 2 of those were serious or fatal. Four pedestrian crashes involved an impaired driver, a small count but 5.1% of the city's total compared with 1.1% statewide. Hit and run appears on 14 pedestrian crash reports, 17.7%, none of them recorded as serious or fatal. Older drivers were involved in 11 pedestrian crashes and in 5 of the 18 bicycle crashes.

Distraction and impairment are usually proved with evidence the injured person does not hold, such as phone records, the officer's observations and any chemical test, which is one reason to request the full crash report early. Where the driver left, the claim moves to uninsured motorist coverage. If the vehicle never touched the person who was hurt, as when a rider swerves to avoid a car that keeps going, Utah requires clear and convincing evidence of that vehicle beyond the injured person's own testimony (Utah Code § 31A-22-305(6)).

Redwood Road at 40, 5400 South at 45

Speed limits on Taylorsville's two busiest corridors are set by the state. Redwood Road (SR-68) is posted at 40 mph at all nine of its modeled signals in the city, which together recorded 37 of the 79 pedestrian crashes and 6 of the 11 serious or fatal ones. 5400 South (SR-173) is posted at 45 mph through its seven signals, including the continuous-flow intersection at Redwood Road and the Flex Lane crossings, and those signals recorded 25 pedestrian crashes, 4 serious or fatal. Of the ten signals on the list above, two sit on 45 mph 5400 South, seven top out at 40 mph, and one, 4700 South at 3600 West, tops out at 35 mph. A posted limit is not how fast any particular driver was going, and these are current limits that may differ from those in force at the time of a crash.

What Falls Outside the Count

A pedestrian hit between signals on Redwood Road, or in a shopping-center lot, falls outside the 250-foot reach and is not counted. The same limit applies at the continuous-flow intersection, whose left-turn crossover signals sit a few hundred feet from the main one; crashes there count only if they fall within 250 feet of the main signal. Signals on the city line are counted once, in one city: 4100 South and Redwood Road, which UDOT lists under West Valley City and Taylorsville, logged 19 pedestrian crashes and appears on our West Valley City intersection page. Finally, a count is not a verdict. These records place crashes; they do not say who caused them.

After a Crash at One of These Signals

Prior crashes at the same signal can be part of the evidence, mainly on whether a hazard was known. At a continuous-flow intersection or on the 5400 South Flex Lanes, which lane a driver was allowed to use, and which signal phase was showing, can become a real dispute; UDOT controls the Flex Lanes from its Traffic Operations Center, and signal and lane records are among the first things worth requesting. Our Taylorsville pedestrian accident and bicycle accident pages cover these claims in more detail, and the statewide guides explain how fault is proven, how PIP claims are filed and the deadline to bring a case. Crashes of every type, street by street, are on our Taylorsville’s most dangerous roads page.

Losses a Claim Can Reach

• Bills and paychecks: emergency care, imaging, follow-up visits, therapy, and the income lost while you could not work.
• Quality of life: pain, the sleep it costs, and the activities an injury puts out of reach.
• The long term: care you will still need years from now and any lasting loss of earning ability.

How These Figures Were Built

What was counted: crashes in UDOT's crash records from January 1, 2018 to August 4, 2025 that involved a pedestrian or a bicyclist. How they were placed: at the closest signal in UDOT's pedestrian and bicycle safety model, if that signal was within 250 feet; otherwise they were left out. What serious or fatal means: UDOT coded the crash Fatal or Suspected Serious Injury. Where the daily walker, rider and vehicle figures come from: UDOT's model, which estimates them. City comparisons use the same procedure for 52 Utah cities, and statewide figures cover all 1,263 modeled signals. Year, hour, lighting and the driver flags (distraction, impairment, hit and run, teen and older drivers) come from the same UDOT crash records; month comparisons cover only the full years 2018 through 2024. Posted limits are UDOT's 2026 state-route limits, with UGRC's Utah Roads estimates for city streets. Every city we have counted this way is listed on our statewide page, Utah’s most dangerous intersections.