The Utah Department of Transportation is banning vehicles longer than 50 feet from the Ogden Canyon Road in Weber County to bolster driver safety along the narrow, winding corridor.

The 5-mile section of road, bordered by mountains on both sides, links Ogden and the Ogden Valley and has been the site of five deaths resulting from crashes since 2015. Most recently, a July 6, 2024, crash killed Lifetime Products President Richard David Hendrickson and his daughter, Sally; and an Oct. 23, 2024, a crash killed a Salt Lake City man.

“It’s up to us to create the best engineering solutions possible to help keep people safe. But this won’t prevent every crash. We need the public to help out, too,” UDOT spokesman Mitch Shaw said in a statement. The length restriction takes effect next Monday,

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