New software being tested by Utah’s Department of Transportation will help it build toward a goal of knowing “what’s going on everywhere at all times.”
Utahns drove less in 2020 yet more died in accidents â though not on highways
State officials are asking Utah motorists drivers to pick one of five areas where they can improve their driving.
(Photo courtesy of UHP) According to the Utah High Patrol, it handled fewer traffic fatalities in 2020 than in 2019, although the number of traffic deaths in Utah rose.
  | March 15, 2021, 6:31 p.m.
Utahns drove fewer miles and died in greater numbers on state roads in 2020 â but most of that unexpected divergence was not the result of people driving at extreme speeds on the stateâs highways.
The number of cars on the roads decreased 13% from 2019 to 2020, according to preliminary figures from the Utah Department of Transportation, while the number of fatalities rose 13% to 276. But the number of highway fatalities fell.