Annual Deadly Traffic Crash Report

Portland 2025 Deadly Traffic Crash Report

The City of Portland, through its Vision Zero program, aims to eliminate both traffic deaths and serious injuries in Portland. The State of Oregon and the U.S. Department of Transportation also have goals to eliminate traffic deaths.

Vision Zero staff at the Portland Bureau of Transportation continually review deadly traffic crashes in Portland, analyzing trends and then building this report each winter to look back at the previous year. Understanding the circumstances and factors behind each loss of life from traffic violence is core to our work.

This report relies on data from multiple partners. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) provided finalized data from 2021–2023. ODOT compiles the official crash record for the state using self-reported information and traffic crash investigations. Data on serious injuries from 2024 and 2025 is not yet available from ODOT. The Portland Police Bureau shared preliminary traffic death data for 2024 and 2025. 

As detailed in this report, 39 people were killed in traffic crashes in Portland in 2025, lower than the record high of 69 deaths in 2023 and the lowest total since 2018. The 39 people in this report each led a life filled with unique attributes, cultures, relationships, ideas, and stories. Countless family, friends, loved ones, neighbors, and colleagues will continue to feel an indescribable loss and devastation that will remain long after this report is published. Our city mourns those whose lives were cut short by preventable traffic violence. We can and must do better.

View the Portland Vision Zero Deadly Crash Report Summary

View the full Portland Vision Zero 2025 Deadly Traffic Crash Report