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Utah cracked down on road rage last year. Here's what has happened since

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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.

Some early trends were discovered within those fatal cases:

Male drivers account for nearly nine out of 10 road rage fatalities since 2019...

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