utah roads

Utah's average driving conditions offer room for improvement and suggest it's not the worst state for drivers.

Just in the past week, four people have died in Utah in traffic accidents in which they were ejected from their vehicles. I guess two of the deaths were technically in Arizona, in the Virgin River Gorge just south of St. George this weekend, but they were Utah residents who were killed...

It sure seems like there's a news story about a fatality on Utah roads every single day lately. As it turns out, it doesn't just seem like it -- there actually is a road fatality just about every day here in Utah. There are nearly 3.5-million people in the state of Utah now...

When it comes to the quality of Utah's roads, the Beehive State ranks among the best in the country. A new survey from Consumer Reports says Utah has the eighth-best road conditions in the U.S. Researchers looked at several factors, including the amount of money spent per mile, the number of fatal crashes per mile, and an email survey asking residents to rate their roads...

It’s the time of year where drivers need to stay extra alert at dusk and dawn. Mule deer migration and breeding continue as well as urban herds prepping for winter conditions. “If people see them on the side of the road, sometimes they don’t slow down, but a lot of times they will just jump right in front of the car, but we slow down if we see them at all,” said Deborah Stauch of Bountiful. Utah a

The Utah Highway Patrol and Utah Department of Transportation are once again asking drivers statewide to be extra careful between Memorial Day and Labor Day. UDOT spokesman John Gleason says summer should be a safe driving season but often turns out just the opposite...