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Utah's road rage law led to 148 charges after a change in law in 2024.

Trends in road rage cases could be used to adopt new programs to address the issue.

Crashes involving unlicensed drivers and motorcycle fatalities are both up, creating other traffic safety concerns.

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah highway troopers say they've seen some interesting trends since adopting a new definition of road rage and enhancing penalties for offenses last year.

The state averaged a little more than 770 road rage crashes every year between 2019 and 2024, including 77 serious crashes in which road rage is suspected. There were also 124 fatal road rage crashes over that time, according to data the Utah Highway Patrol presented to the Utah Legislature's Transportation Interim Committee on Tuesday

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