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Traffic deaths in Orem, Utah

City in Utah County · Utah · United States

Deaths, 2024: 2
Fatal crashes: 2
Population: 96.3K

In 2024, 2 people died in 2 fatal crashes in Orem, Utah. That was the same as in 2023. The death rate was 2.1 per 100,000 residents, compared with 4.4 in Utah County, 7.9 in Utah and 11.5 in the United States. Between 2020 and 2024, 25 people died, an average of 5.0 a year. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year. Pedestrians accounted for 50% of deaths, and 50% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

2.1

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024

About half the rate in Utah County, Utah: 4.4
About one-quarter of the rate in Utah: 7.9
About 20 percent of the rate in the United States: 11.5

+0%

change in deaths from 2023 to 2024

2 deaths in 2023, 2 in 2024

Utah County, Utah: +6%
Utah: -1%
The United States: -4%

Traffic deaths by year, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2020	7	7
2021	9	7
2022	5	5
2023	2	2
2024	2	2

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Deaths per 100,000 residents, 2020–2024

Category	Deaths per 100,000
2020	7.1
2021	9.2
2022	5.2
2023	2.1
2024	2.1

Uses Census population estimates, available from 2000.

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Road users

Who died

50%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 3 times the share in Utah County, Utah: 15%
About 3 times the share in Utah: 15%
About 3 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2024

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	0
Pedestrians	1
Motorcyclists	1
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2024
Type	Deaths	Share in Orem	Share in Utah County
Pedestrians	1	50%	15%
Motorcyclists	1	50%	15%
Cyclists	0	0%	6%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	0	0%	21%
Speeding-related crashes	1	50%	39%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

50%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.4 times the share in Utah County, Utah: 37%
About 1.6 times the share in Utah: 31%
About 1.8 times the share in the United States: 28%

50%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.5 times the share in Utah County, Utah: 33%
About 1.5 times the share in Utah: 33%
About double the share in the United States: 25%

Crash factors in 2024

Category	Orem	Utah County	Utah	United States
Speeding-related	50.0%	33.3%	33.5%	24.8%
Alcohol-involved	50.0%	36.7%	30.7%	28.1%
At night	50.0%	46.7%	53.8%	53.6%
At weekends	50.0%	36.7%	35.9%	32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

50%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in Utah County, Utah: 47%
About the same as the share in Utah: 54%
About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

50%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.4 times the share in Utah County, Utah: 37%
About 1.4 times the share in Utah: 36%
About 1.5 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	1
1am	3
2am	0
3am	1
4am	0
5am	1
6am	0
7am	2
8am	2
9am	1
10am	0
11am	2
12pm	1
1pm	1
2pm	1
3pm	0
4pm	0
5pm	3
6pm	0
7pm	1
8pm	0
9pm	3
10pm	0
11pm	0

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	5
Mon	9
Tue	2
Wed	0
Thu	3
Fri	2
Sat	2

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	3
Feb	0
Mar	1
Apr	1
May	1
Jun	3
Jul	2
Aug	0
Sep	4
Oct	5
Nov	0
Dec	3

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	21
Cloudy	1
Rain	1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	12
Dark - Lighted	7
Dark - Not Lighted	3
Dawn	1

All crashes 2020–2024. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020–2024

Roads with the most fatal crashes

I-155
US-894
US-89 STATE ST1
US-1891
SR-521
SR-2651
I-15 RAMP1
HOLDAWAY RD1
CENTER ST1
CAMPUS DRIVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Cars	15
Pickup trucks	13
SUVs	6
Motorcycles	4

All crashes 2020–2024.

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Vehicles most often involved

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2024. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Road	Deaths
Oct 13, 2024	50 EAST ST	1
Jan 22, 2024	US-89 STATE ST	1
Dec 17, 2023	I-15	1
Oct 16, 2023	HOLDAWAY RD	1
Dec 5, 2022	200 N	1
Oct 9, 2022	I-15	1
Sep 12, 2022	400 E	1
Jul 25, 2022	SR-265	1
Jan 24, 2022	800 E	1
Oct 31, 2021	I-15	2
Oct 15, 2021	US-89	2
Sep 14, 2021	SR-52	1
Sep 7, 2021	I-15 RAMP	1
Jun 4, 2021	1200 N	1
May 8, 2021	US-89	1
Jan 14, 2021	US-89	1
Dec 7, 2020	CENTER ST	1
Sep 14, 2020	CAMPUS DRIVE	1
Jul 2, 2020	US-89	1
Jun 21, 2020	I-15	1
Jun 1, 2020	1600 NORTH	1
Apr 9, 2020	US-189	1
Mar 7, 2020	I-15	1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.