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So do we just need to close death valley or require permits in the summer or something? The safety issues seem to be compounding with the extreme heat.
I assume you have to pay a fee to enter Death Valley National Park, and like every National Park I assume the rangers at the entrance and signage all throughout warn you of potential dangers. You can easily get yourself in trouble at Yellowstone, Rocky Mountain, or Big Bend National Parks, for example, if you don't take the risks seriously and make poor decisions.
Sure but those other parks.. they aren't called "Deathstone" or "Death Mountain" or "Big Death"...
I feel like Death Valley is being very frank with you on the matter.
I bet more people have died at each of the other 3 parks than at Death Valley NP. Maybe there's data out there on that somewhere
Interestingly, the park service have a very nice dashboard to look at this:
https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/mortality-data.htm
However, it doesn't give you the deaths per count of visitors.
This article claims Denali, to be the top park in deaths per capita.
https://www.backpacker.com/survival/the-10-most-dangerous-national-parks-in-america/
It looks like Death Valley is up there, but not the highest, due to motor vehicle accidents. This makes sense since going to death valley ends up just being a lot of time in the car.
There are no entrance stations in Death Valley. There’s a fee, but they sorta “trust you” to have paid in advance.
Rangers can do their best to inform visitors and provide necessary services for survival, but at the end of the day, safety is one's own responsibility.