A 63-year-old cyclist has died after a vehicle exiting Interstate 15 struck him Monday morning at the Lakeview Parkway and University Avenue off-ramp in Provo, closing the intersection for hours while investigators processed the scene. The crash was reported at approximately 8:16 a.m., and the man was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
According to a media release from the Provo Police Department, officers responded to find that a vehicle exiting the freeway had collided with the cyclist in the intersection. The department's Traffic Team took over the scene and kept the roadway closed while investigating, and the driver has been cooperating with investigators. Police say no impairment is suspected at this time. Separately, KSL.com reported the crash occurred around 8:15 a.m. and that investigators expected the roadway to stay closed through midday.
The cyclist was taken to Utah Valley Hospital, an Intermountain Health facility that serves as the only Level II Trauma Center in Utah County between the Salt Lake Valley and St. George, according to Intermountain Health. Provo Police said in their release that he did not survive his injuries and offered condolences to his family and loved ones.
Road Closure and Traffic Diversion
Provo Police said they anticipated the roadway reopening between 11:30 a.m. and noon while the Traffic Team completed its work processing the scene. The Utah Highway Patrol assisted with traffic diversion during the closure, the department noted in its release.
A High-Risk Interchange for Cyclists
The crash occurred where Lakeview Parkway meets the University Avenue off-ramp from I-15, a stretch of roadway built with active transportation in mind. Lakeview Parkway is an 8.1-mile arterial corridor connecting west Provo and the Provo Municipal Airport to the interstate, and it includes a parallel multi-use trail system spanning more than six miles, according to the Daily Herald. It remains unknown whether the cyclist was riding on the parkway's travel lanes or the adjacent trail at the time of the crash.
Under Utah Code § 41-6a-706.5, motorists passing a bicycle moving in the same direction are required to maintain at least three feet of clearance from the cyclist, according to Moxie Law Group. Separately, Utah Code § 41-6a-1105 requires bicyclists traveling slower than surrounding traffic to ride as near as practicable to the right-hand edge of the roadway, subject to certain safety exceptions, per FindLaw. Zero Fatalities Utah research shows that 95% of bicycle and motorcycle crashes in the state occur in urban areas, with the large majority of collisions between vehicles and vulnerable road users happening at intersections — precisely the kind of freeway off-ramp interchange where Monday's crash took place.
Fatalities Trending Down, but Cyclists Remain at Risk
Statewide traffic deaths fell to 264 in 2025, down from 277 the year before and the lowest annual total since 2019, according to preliminary data released by the Utah Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety. Utah County saw a similar dip, recording 28 traffic fatalities in 2025 compared to 32 in 2024, per the Daily Herald. Still, Utah Highway Safety Office figures show bicyclists accounted for 1% of the state's 236 traffic deaths through late November 2025, a smaller share than pedestrians, who made up 13.2% of fatalities.
Monday's crash follows other collisions that have drawn attention to safety for cyclists and pedestrians along Provo's trail corridors. In December 2022, Utah Valley University student Isabelle Parr was killed in a fatal hit-and-run along a Provo trail, a case that intensified public focus on active transportation infrastructure in the city, as per Hoodline. Whether the intersection's signal design or sightlines played any role in Monday's crash, and whether citations or charges will follow, remain open questions pending the completion of the Provo Police Traffic Team's investigation.
