Table 1.09 Collision Description of Crashes, Injury Crashes and Fatal Crashes, 1997

The leading collision types were a rear end (27.6%) and a broadside (24.7%).  These were also the leading injury crash types.  The leading fatal collision type was a single vehicle rollover (31.7%), followed by side swipe (14.2%) and broadside (12.6%).  Head-on collisions were 16 times more likely to result in a fatality than other collisions. Single vehicle rollovers were 7 times more likely to result in a fatality than other collisions.

Table 1.10 Type of Vehicles Involved in Crashes, Injury Crashes, and Fatal Crashes, 1997

The majority of vehicles involved in Utah crashes were passenger cars (57%).  While motorcycles were less than 1% of vehicles involved in crashes they represented nearly 5% of vehicles in fatal crashes.  In fact, crashes involving a motorcycle were 7 times more likely to be fatal than crashes involving other vehicles.  Crashes involving a large truck were 4 times more likely to be fatal than crashes involving other vehicles.