After seeing the highest fatality rate for motorcycle-related accidents since 1994, the Utah Department of Public Safety urges bikers to take rider safety courses and get state-mandated endorsements.
Last year marked a 15-year high for motorcycle fatalities with 53 deaths and 38 serious injury crashes, according to Jason Mettmann, Utah Highway Safety Office communications manager. Last July also became the deadliest fatality month in the state’s recorded traffic data history. So far this year, there have been 10 motorcycle fatalities in Utah.
“These numbers are unacceptable,” Mettmann said Thursday. “We need to make sure that drivers and riders are sharing the road with each other. We are already up to 10, as of last night, motorcycle fatalities in 2025. These crashes are violent, they’re tragic. We need to make sure that people are sharing the road and watching out for each other so that we can all get home safe.”…