Vision Zero: Eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries

Program
Through the Vision Zero program, the Portland Bureau of Transportation and our partners are working to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries on our streets.
Vision Zero

Featured content

Cover of Portland's Vision Zero Action Plan; a partially transparent map of a Portland street map is superimposed over an image of a person crossing the street in front of a stopped sedan

How we are making streets safe through Vision Zero

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Vision Zero’s Safe System approach

A sign reading "CAUTION High Crash Intersection SLOW DOWN" is posted ahead of one of the high crash intersections on 122nd Avenue. Photo by PBOT.

High Crash Network streets and intersections

Updating speed limit signs on a Portland street.

Speed limits

Left turn calming at an intersection

Left-turn calming

Traffic camera and flash bulbs mounted on traffic pole with cloudy blue sky in the background

Speed and intersection safety cameras

Map of Portland showing the major streets of the High Crash Network in grey and, along these streets, blue, orange, or green lines to indicate where safety projects have been completed, started, or starting soon.

Vision Zero dashboard

Screenshot of interactive Vision Zero Crash Map. Map shows crashes in Portland dating back to 2008.

Interactive crash map

The first names and approximate location of the 63 people who were killed in traffic crashes in Portland in 2022. Each death affects a community of people who knew that person, underscoring the need to improve safety on streets and highways across the city.

Portland 2022 Deadly Traffic Crash Report

A pile of white and orange Vision Zero pins.

Request free Vision Zero pins, stickers, brochures, and fliers

A photo of two SLOW DOWN Vision Zero yard signs in a green lawn.

Request a Vision Zero yard sign

A line of yellow safety bollards between opposing lanes of vehicle traffic lanes.

Subscribe to Vision Zero emails

Intersection on NE Alberta Street with crosswalks and people walking

Report non-urgent traffic safety concerns

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Report a problem calling 311

PDX Reporter

Contact

PBOT Vision Zero

visionzero@portlandoregon.gov
phone number503-348-1201

Related offices, programs, advisory groups, and projects

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Transportation

Walking, biking, transit

Walking, Biking, Transit, and Transportation Safety

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Safe Routes to School

Pedestrian Advisory Committee

Bicycle Advisory Committee

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PDX 311

Events

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2023

Each year, the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims honors those who have been killed and injured on roads around the globe – 1.35 million people each year worldwide. 

Community Event
A bouquet of flowers at the base of a metal pole in the center median of a street, with a handmade memorial sign. In the background, a person in a hood crosses the street on a crosswalk and a white car waits.
More events

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