Truck Accident Profiles: Utah
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Note: All values are approximate, based on available crash data.
Tractor Trailer Accident Statistics
- Fatal Truck Accidents: 18/ year
- Non-Fatal Truck Accidents: 924/ year
- Accident Locations: 22% (Urban), 78% (Rural)
- Carrier Information:
- 44% of Utah truck accidents involve carriers whose principle place of business is not UT.
- Largest Utah Truck Carriers:
There were no contributing weather conditions in 83% of Utah truck accidents.
- Persons Killed in Motor Vehicle Crashes: 296/ year
- Multi-Vehicle Crashes Resulting in Fatalities: 95/ year
- Approx. 56 % of fatal car accidents occurred at speeds of 55mph or greater.
- Approx. 99 of auto accidents resulting in fatalities were on roads with 3 or more traffic lanes.
- Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes: $1.594 Billion/year
Major Interstates, Intrastates, and Highway Corridors
Major Highways in Utah include: I-15, I70, I-80 and I-84.
Interstate 15: Utah claims 402 miles of the 1,435 mile I-15 route. Cove Fort, Ogden and Salt Lake City lie along the I-15 corridor in UT. The northern terminus is Sweetgrass, MT, at the Canadian border. The southern terminus is San Diego, CA.
Interstate 70: The I-70 eastern terminus is in Baltimore, MD. After spanning 230 miles through the state, the western terminus is in Cove Ft., Utah.
Interstate 80: I-80 spans 2,909 miles, beginning with Teaneck, NJ in the east and ending with San Francisco, CA in the west. Utah accounts for 197 miles, with Salt Lake City being its only major city along the I-80 route.
Interstate 84: I-84 runs 771 miles through Oregon, Idaho and Utah. Tremonton and Echo are Utah’s larger cities along I-84. Echo, UT is the eastern terminus, while Portland, OR is the western terminus.
Utah covers nearly 85,000 square miles of the stunning Rocky Mountain region in the western United States. The picturesque landscape consists of colorful canyons, deserts, plateaus, mountains and valleys. With such a varied terrain, residents experience summer high temperatures that range between 85 and 100 degrees, while the winter high temperatures average between 25 and 50 degrees.
Utah is home to 2.2 million residents (2000 Census information); while 181,743 live in Salt Lake City, the state capital. The population concentrates most heavily in the cities and towns surrounding the Wasatch Mountains. The area, called the Wasatch Front, is home to major cities such as Layton, Ogden, Orem, Provo, Salt Lake City, Sandy and West Valley City. The remainder of Utah consists of rural areas and wilderness.
- Beaver
- Box Elder http://www.boxeldercounty.org/
- Cache http://www.cachecounty.org/
- Carbon http://www.carboncountyutah.com/
- Daggett http://www.dsdf.org/county/
- Davis http://www.daviscountyutah.gov/default.cfm
- Duchesne http://www.duchesnegov.net/
- Emery http://www.emerycounty.com/index.htm
- Garfield http://utahreach.org/garfield/visitor/index.htm
- Grand http://www.grandcountyutah.net/
- Iron
- Juab http://www.co.juab.ut.us/
- Kane http://www.kaneutah.com/
- Millard http://www.millardcounty.com/
- Morgan
- Piute http://www.piute.org/
- Rich http://www.usacitiesonline.com/utrichcounty.htm
- Salt Lake http://www.slco.org/
- San Juan http://www.southeastutah.org/
- Sanpete http://www.sanpetecounty.org/
- Sevier http://www.sevierutah.net/
- Summit http://www.co.summit.ut.us/
- Tooele http://www.co.tooele.ut.us/
- Uintah http://www.co.uintah.ut.us/
- Utah http://www.co.utah.ut.us/
- Wasatch http://www.co.wasatch.ut.us/
- Washington http://www.washco.state.ut.us/
- Wayne http://www.usacitiesonline.com/utwaynecounty.htm
- Weber http://www1.co.weber.ut.us/
Did you know that every 16 minutes a person is killed or injured in a truck accident? Did you know that big rig truck accidents continue to increase? Even with these frightening scenarios and statistics, powerful trucking industry lobbyists continue to call for the weakening of truck safety rules and regulations to reap a higher profit.
When truck collisions do occur, trucking companies involved in the accident often send representatives to the accident scene. These agents work to handle everything at the scene of the accident so that they can limit or mitigate their company’s liability.
Munley, Munley & Cartwright is a law firm experienced at handling tractor trailer accident claims. We accept cases nationwide.
Munley, Munley & Cartwright charges clients of personal injury claims on a contingency basis. What that means is the attorney is only paid if he or she wins money damages for you – the client. This makes it possible for anyone to hire only the best lawyer. It gives everyone access to the justice system and representation that is equal to the best that insurance companies, doctors and other defendants can hire. You can contact the lawyers of Munley, Munley & Cartwright for a free consultation by completing our online accident evaluation form -or- calling toll-free at 877-421-9175.
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