Traffic and Safety Division
All activities and programs led by the Traffic & Safety Division share one ultimate objective – to improve safety. The division is responsible for overseeing the research and programs that help improve transportation safety statewide. These responsibilities include safety improvement programs for work zones, school zones, traffic signals, and active transportation. Traffic & Safety personnel also supervise studies that determine the causes of crashes and other traffic hazards as well as discuss how these dangers can be minimized.
The programs administered by the Traffic & Safety Division are a service to the public. As you navigate through the various Traffic & Safety subtopics, you will see contact information listed. We value your input and encourage you to give us your comments or questions.
Patrick Cowley
Director of Traffic and Safety
Email: [email protected]
Office: 801-965-4273
Christine Newman
Assistant to Director
Email: [email protected]
Office: (801) 965-4033
Cell: (801) 967-3322
Amusement Ride Safety
Rhett Arnell, Amusement Ride Safety Director
801-965-4284, [email protected]
The Amusement Ride Safety Committee was created in 2019 through House Bill 381: Amusement Ride Safety to establish safety standards for amusement rides in the State of Utah. Through direction of the Amusement Ride Safety Committee, UDOT shall certify qualified safety inspectors to perform annual in-person inspections of amusement rides; and require an owner-operator of an amusement ride to obtain an annual amusement ride permit for each ride. The Amusement Ride Safety Committee consists of 6 members, and meetings are open to the public.
Design (State Furnished Materials, Signals, Lighting, Traffic Studies)
Adam Lough, Traffic & Safety Design Engineer
Signals, Traffic Studies, Lighting, Warehouse, Intersection Control Evaluation
801-718-4326, [email protected]
Highway/Street Lighting
385-232-0522, [email protected]
Traffic Studies
801-918-6617, [email protected]
Traffic Signal Design and Construction
949-878-0726, [email protected]
801-419-1462, [email protected]
801-633-6416, [email protected]
Operations (Signs, Barrier, Guardrail, Work Zones, MUTCD)
David Bezzant, Traffic and Safety Operations Engineer
Design Exceptions, Safety Asset Management, MUTCD
801-783-9253,
Barrier/Guardrail, End Treatments, Roadside Safety Hardware
801-712-8685, [email protected]
ADA Access, Pedestrian Ramps, Design Exceptions
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Work Zone Safety, Flagging and TCM Training
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Signs, MUTCD
801-633-6241, [email protected]
Pedestrian Safety / ADA / Active Transportation
Travis Evans, Active Transportation Safety Manager
Active Transportation, Safe Routes to School, Safe Sidewalks
916-215-8722, [email protected]
Safe Routes to School
801-336-7991, [email protected]
ADA Access, Pedestrian Ramps, Design Exceptions
385-306-9982, [email protected]
- Pedestrian Safety Action Plan (15 MB PDF)
- Safe Sidewalk Program (15 MB doc)
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- Safe Routes to School (Google Drive folder)
- – About SRTS Program and FY23 Application Deadlines (Google Doc)
- – National SRTS Program (external website)
- – SRTS Application Materials (Google Drive folder)
- – Safe Routes Utah (external website)
- – Utah SRTS Funded Projects (179 KB PDF)
- Utah Traffic Controls for School Zones Manual (Google Drive folder)
- ADA Resources (Google Drive folder)
- UDOT Standard Drawings (Google Drive folder)
- ADA Certification (external website)
- ADA Training (UDOT website)
Ropeway Safety
Brian Allen, Ropeway Safety Engineer
801-965-4766, [email protected]
A unique responsibility of the Traffic and Safety Division is to work with the Utah Passenger Ropeway Safety Committee to ensure the safety of passengers using aerial tramways, surface lifts, and tows. The focus is on ski-related equipment, but the committee also licenses other types of ropeways. Ropeways include aerial tramways, gondolas, chairlifts, t-bars, platter lifts, rope tows, conveyors and funiculars.
Safety Programs / Crash Data
Chris Whipple, Safety Programs Engineer
435-313-6878, [email protected]
435-659-7790, [email protected]
385-566-9281, [email protected]
318-243-9274, [email protected]
- Crash Mapping (external website)
- Numetric (external website)
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- UDOT will provide login account access to Numetric for UDOT employees, employees of partner agencies and local municipalities, and consulting firms doing work for UDOT or partner agencies and/or local municipalities. Access may also provided for research work in traffic safety. To request access, please fill out the linked form Numetric access request form
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- For questions about crash studies please email [email protected]
- Utah Highway Safety Office Crash Data (external website)
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- The Traffic Fatality Comparison summary at the link below shows monthly and cumulative fatal crash statistics for the most recent 5-year period
- – Traffic Fatality Comparison Chart
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- In order for the public to obtain crash data about specific locations, a request must be made in accordance with the Government Records Access Management Act (GRAMA).
- – GRAMA Requests (UDOT website)
- Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) (Google Drive folder)
- PSA Process Info Sheet
- Request New PSA (opens a Google Form)
Safety Standards and Training Website (external website)
Roadway / Lane Departure Story Maps
Statewide Behavioral Safety Program Manager
Shaunna Burbidge, Statewide Behavioral Safety Program Manager
801-336-7991, [email protected]