The head-on collision at the Utah-Nevada border on Thursday ranks among the deadliest traffic accidents in the Beehive State during the past 20 years. Others include:
- March 13, 1971. Seven people, including a family of six, died when an eastbound car swerved across the center line on 2100 South at 4140 W. and was struck broadside.- April 25, 1971. A father and three small sons in one car and three teenagers in another were killed in a broadside collision on rain-slickened U.S. 91 at Gary Street in Layton.
- Nov. 4, 1972. Six people died after a head-on collision on U.S. 40 about five miles west of Duchesne. A pickup truck crossed the median line, causing the accident.
- Aug. 26, 1977. A California family of eight was killed in a head-on van-semitrailer truck crash on U.S 91 in Juab County two miles north of the Millard-Juab county line.
- Sept. 12, 1979. Eight senior citizens were killed and six seriously injured when the mini-bus in which they were riding to the Utah State Fair crashed into a bridge abutment near Delta.
- Sept. 29, 1979. A two-car crash claimed the lives of three couples from Nephi and Spanish Fork on U.S. 91 about one mile south of the Utah-Juab County line.
- July 20, 1980. Eight people were killed in a head-on collision when a Volkswagen going the wrong way on I-80 one mile west of Coalville collided with a luxury car carrying a couple from Texas. There were six young Salt Lake-area residents in the other car.
- May 11, 1986. A mother, her boyfriend and four children were killed in a Mother's Day accident when a car traveling at speeds of up to 100 mph ran a red light at the intersection of 3500 South and 8400 West.
- Dec. 18, 1990. Seven people were killed when a Greyhound bus and two semitrailer trucks were involved in an accident on I-80, 40 miles east of Park City.
Source: Utah Department of Transportation, Deseret News files.