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With December approaching, South Salt Lake police say they are increasing traffic enforcement on 3300 South and will keep up their enhanced vigilance in the following months.

December is one of the four months of the year with the most recorded crashes in the city, said Gary Keller, public information officer for the South Salt Lake Police Department. The other three months are April, May and September, Keller said.

And 38 percent of the 1,091 crashes in 2014 occurred on the heavily traveled 3300 South, which stretches in South Salt Lake from 700 East to the Jordan River.

And of those crashes, 286 occurred between the seven-block area of 200 East and 500 West, making up 26 percent of last year's total, according to city figures.

"The bulk of the crashes are caused by 'Following Too Close' and 'Failure to Yield'; totally preventable crashes," Keller said in a written news release.

He said other causes of crashes are distracted driving, texting and cell phone use, aggressive driving, impaired driving and red light violations.

Keller said 3300 South, which is a major feeder for Interstate 15, is not a dangerous roadway.

But with the heavy traffic, he said that "drivers need to be very attentive and exercise safe driving skills."

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