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Portland's highest-crash streets and intersections in low-income communities and communities of color receive priority for investments in safety.
High Crash Network streets and intersections
Portland’s most dangerous streets cut across the city and touch every quadrant.
The High Crash Network—the 30 streets and intersections with the most serious crashes—make up 8% of Portland streets but accounted for an average of 67% of traffic deaths from 2020 to 2024.
Of the streets on the High Crash Network, 82% are owned and operated by the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), 18% by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), and two bridges by Multnomah County.
These 30 streets and 30 intersections continue to require focused safety investments by all three agencies.
Safety project investments
Since 2017, PBOT, along with partner agencies, have invested $193 million in safety projects on the High Crash Network.
Safety projects on the High Crash Network have varied in scope but often aim to slow driving speeds and make travel safer for pedestrians, people biking, and those taking transit. They also aim to make transit faster and more efficient.
A Vision Zero guiding principle is to prioritize investments in neighborhoods with more people of color and people living on low incomes. Of the $193 million in safety investments on the High Crash Network since 2017, 66% were in neighborhoods with high equity scores, as measured using PBOT’s Equity Matrix.
Recently completed projects
Construction on these High Crash Network projects completed within the last 12 months.
| Project | Year construction completed |
|---|---|
| Safer Outer Stark Phase III | 2025 |
| SW Fourth Avenue Improvement Project | 2025 |
| NE Broadway Pave & Paint Construction | 2025 |
| Brentwood-Darlington Multimodal Improvements | 2025 |
| 82nd Avenue: Street Lighting | 2025 |
Projects under construction
Construction on these High Crash Network projects is currently ongoing.
| Project | Year construction started |
|---|---|
| NE Halsey Street (80th to 92nd avenues) - Safety and Access to Transit Project | 2025 |
| NE 60th Avenue and Halsey Street Area Improvement Project | 2025 |
| Jade and Montavilla Multimodal Improvements Project | 2025 |
| NE Killingsworth Safer Crossings Project | 2024 |
| 82nd Avenue: Major Maintenance | 2024 |
| 82nd Avenue Crossing Project (formerly 82nd Avenue: Klickitat to Lambert Crossings) | 2023 |
High Crash Network streets
Deadly crashes
Top streets where people were killed from 2017 to 2021.
Bicycle crashes
Top streets where people riding bicycles were killed or seriously injured from 2017 to 2021.
Pedestrian crashes
Top streets where pedestrians were killed or seriously injured from 2017 to 2021.
Motor vehicle crashes
Top streets where people in motor vehicles were killed or seriously injured from 2017 to 2021.
Alphabetical by street name
The following table lists High Crash Network streets with deadly or serious injury crashes by mode based on data from 2017 through 2021. See details and methodology below for additional information on how the High Crash Network was developed in 2014.
| Street & Quadrant(s) | Driving Crashes | Pedestrian Crashes | Biking Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th Ave., SE | -- | -- | ✓ |
| 82nd Ave., NE/SE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 102nd Ave., NE | ✓ | ✓ | -- |
| 122nd Ave., NE/SE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Airport Way, NE* | ✓ | -- | -- |
| Barbur Blvd., SW* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Broadway, NE/NW/SW | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Burnside Rd., E/W | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Capitol Hwy., SW | -- | -- | ✓ |
| César E. Chávez Blvd., NE/SE | ✓ | ✓ | -- |
| Columbia Blvd., N/NE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Division St., SE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Foster Rd., SE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fremont St., N/NE | -- | ✓ | ✓ |
| Glisan St., NE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Halsey St., NE | ✓ | ✓ | -- |
| Hawthorne Blvd., SE | -- | ✓ | ✓ |
| Holgate Blvd., SE | ✓ | ✓ | -- |
| Interstate Ave., N | -- | -- | ✓ |
| Killingsworth St., N/NE* | -- | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lombard St., N/NE* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Marine Dr., N/NE | ✓ | -- | -- |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., NE/SE* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Powell Blvd., SE* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sandy Blvd., SE/NE* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Stark Street, SE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
* Partially or fully owned by Oregon Department of Transportation.
Details and methodology
The High Crash Network includes 30 streets. These are a composite of the top 20 high crash streets for driving, the top 20 for bicycling and the top 20 for walking. The analysis uses crash data from 2004 through 2013.
Streets marked as "High # of Driving Crashes" are those with the highest number of people killed or seriously injured in vehicles. Streets marked as having high numbers of bicycle or pedestrian crashes include those with the highest number of crashes, regardless of severity, for people on bikes and walking, respectively.
While the aim of Vision Zero is to eliminate deadly and serious injury crashes, we include all crashes for people biking and pedestrians because the difference between a minor injury and a serious injury to a person biking or pedestrian is often random and circumstantial.
High Crash intersections
Overall
The table below identifies the 30 intersections in Portland with the highest numbers of reported collisions using data from 2020 through 2024.
Intersections in the table are ordered from least safe to more safe. Rankings reflect three metrics: total number of crashes, collision rate, and total value of collisions.
| Rank | Intersection | Deaths | Serious Injuries | Moderate Injuries | Minor Injuries | Total Crashes | Collision Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SE Foster Road and I-205 freeway ramp* | 2 | 6 | 14 | 34 | 57 | 0.95 |
| 2 | NE Halsey Street and 122nd Avenue | 1 | 3 | 28 | 32 | 75 | 0.74 |
| 3 | NE Glisan Street and I-84 freeway ramp* | 0 | 3 | 46 | 45 | 78 | 0.79 |
| 4 | N Vancouver Avenue and Weidler st | 1 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 47 | 1.16 |
| 5 | NE Glisan Street and 82nd Avenue | 1 | 1 | 12 | 36 | 56 | 0.78 |
| 6 | SE Stark Street and 122nd Avenue | 1 | 3 | 20 | 39 | 61 | 0.66 |
| 7 | SE Powell Boulevard and 174th Avenue* | 0 | 1 | 15 | 67 | 69 | 1.17 |
| 8 | E Burnside Street and 82nd Avenue | 1 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 39 | 0.67 |
| 9 | SE Division Street and 122nd Avenue | 0 | 1 | 30 | 43 | 77 | 0.74 |
| 10 | NE Glisan Street and 102nd Avenue | 1 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 0.57 |
| 11 | NE Columbia Boulevard and Vancouver Avenue | 1 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 38 | 0.52 |
| 12 | SE Stark Street and 139th Avenue | 1 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 0.62 |
| 13 | SE Division Street and 112th Avenue | 1 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 42 | 0.47 |
| 14 | SE Powell Boulevard and 82nd Avenue* | 0 | 4 | 17 | 52 | 63 | 0.60 |
| 15 | SE McLoughlin Boulevard and Holgate Boulevard* | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 45 | 0.37 |
| 16 | SE Powell Boulevard and 136th Avenue* | 0 | 2 | 19 | 35 | 58 | 1.21 |
| 17 | SE Powell Boulevard and 148th Avenue* | 1 | 3 | 15 | 20 | 32 | 0.61 |
| 18 | NE Glisan Street and 122nd Avenue | 0 | 5 | 13 | 44 | 71 | 0.83 |
| 19 | NE Glisan Street and 99th Avenue | 0 | 1 | 17 | 38 | 63 | 0.95 |
| 20 | SE Powell Boulevard and 122nd Avenue* | 0 | 4 | 16 | 39 | 54 | 0.80 |
| 21 | NE Sandy Boulevard and 148th Avenue* | 0 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 46 | 1.52 |
| 22 | SE Powell Boulevard and 112th Avenue* | 0 | 3 | 19 | 31 | 42 | 0.93 |
| 23 | SE Division Street and 92nd Avenue | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 0.51 |
| 24 | NE Halsey Street and Sandy Boulevard | 0 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 41 | 2.08 |
| 25 | SE Stark Street and 148th Avenue | 0 | 1 | 12 | 35 | 51 | 0.86 |
| 26 | NE Lombard Street / Sandy Boulevard and I-205 freeway ramp* | 0 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 44 | 1.26 |
| 27 | NE Halsey Street and 148th Avenue | 1 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 0.52 |
| 28 | SW Arthur Street and Ross Island Way* | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 85 | 2.27 |
| 29 | SE Stark Street and 102nd Avenue | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 0.51 |
| 30 | NE Weidler Street and I-5 freeway ramp* | 0 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 45 | 0.76 |
* Intersection includes one or more streets owned by Oregon Department of Transportation.
Details and methodology
Crash data was queried from the Portland Bureau of Transportation's Accident History database based on Oregon Department of Transportation crash data. Query output included the top 100 intersections in Portland with the highest number of intersection and intersection-related crashes that occurred between 2020 - 2024.
Only fatal and injury crashes (of all severity levels: serious, moderate, and minor) were included. Crashes selected occurred at intersections or were intersection-related only. All modes were considered as part of the overall High Crash Intersection analysis. Separate HCI lists for bicycle crashes and pedestrian crashes are to follow.
The top 100 intersections in the City of Portland with the highest frequency of crashes following the above criteria were selected and then ranked using the sum of rankings from three different measures:
- Number of Crashes: The intersections were first ranked by number of crashes that occurred within the 5-year time period as aggregated by the original database query.
- Collision Rate: Number of crashes coded to an intersection are normalized by considering the number of cars traveling through the intersection. The calculation for the collision rate (collisions per million entering vehicles) is: Collision Rate = (Crashes/5 years) X (1 year/365 days) X (1/ADT*) X 1,000,000. Note: ADT (average daily traffic) is the number of vehicles entering the intersection daily.
- Severity of Crashes: Severity of crashes is represented by the comprehensive economic costs of a crash. Figured by assigning monetary value to the severity of crash related injuries using the Federal Highway Administration Crash Costs for Highway Safety Analysis. The value of each crash is figured by multiplying the number of crash related fatalities and/or injury types by the values below. The number of fatalities and injuries are sustained injuries, not number of crashes. Total Value = # Fatals* Fatal $ + # Inj A* Inj A $ + # Inj B* Inj B $ + # In C* Inj C $
| Fatal value | $5,740,100 |
|---|---|
| Injury A value | $304,400 |
| Injury B value | $111,200 |
| Injury C value | $62,700 |
This report is compiled from data supplied by the Oregon Department of Transportation, Transportation Safety Division, Crash Analysis and Reporting Unit, from records originally received by the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles. Due to under-reporting of collisions, this list should not be considered to represent all collisions occurring at the intersections listed. The City of Portland Bureau of Transportation analyzed the data and prepared the resulting report.
Pedestrians
Intersections in the table are ordered from least safe to more safe for pedestrians using data from 2020 through 2024.
Rankings reflect three metrics: number of crashes involving pedestrians, number of pedestrians involved, and the estimated economic value of crashes resulting in death or injury.
| Rank | Intersection | Pedestrian-involved crashes | Deaths | Serious injuries | Moderate injuries | Minor injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NE Broadway and 15th Avenue | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | NE Shaver Street and 122nd Avenue | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | NE Halsey Street and 122nd Avenue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | NE Alberta Street and 82nd Avenue | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | SE Division Street and 158th Avenue | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | SE 122nd Avenue and Ash Street | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | SE Powell Boulevard and 50th Avenue* | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | N Interstate Avenue and Lombard Street* | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | NE Glisan Street and 122nd Avenue | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | E Burnside Street and Grand Avenue | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | SW Alder Street and 3rd Avenue | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | SE Milwaukie Avenue and Powell Boulevard* | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | SE Steele Street and 52nd Avenue | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 | E Burnside Street and 122nd Avenue | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | SW Jefferson Street and 13th Avenue | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | SE Foster Road and 128th Avenue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | SE Powell Boulevard and 92nd Avenue* | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | SE Washington Street and 102nd Avenue | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | NE Pacific Street and 82nd Avenue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | SE Holgate Boulevard and César E Chávez Boulevard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
* Intersection includes one or more streets owned by Oregon Department of Transportation.
People biking
Intersections in the table are ordered from least safe to more safe for people biking using data from 2020 through 2024.
Rankings reflect three metrics: number of crashes involving people biking, number of people biking involved, and the estimated economic value of crashes resulting in death or injury.
| Rank | Intersection | Bike-involved crashes | Deaths | Serious injuries | Moderate injuries | Minor injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NE Marx Street and 105th Avenue | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | SW Park Place and Vista Avenue | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | NE Glisan Street and 102nd Avenue | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | SE Powell Boulevard and 92nd Avenue* | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | NE Dekum Street and Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | SE Sandy Boulevard and Stark Street | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | SW Columbia Street and 3rd Avenue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | NE Columbia Boulevard and Vancouver Avenue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | E Burnside Street and 122nd Avenue | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | NW Devoto Lane and Thompson Road | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | NE Multnomah Street and 16th Avenue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | SE Powell Boulevard and 26th Avenue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | N Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and Union Court* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | SE Market Street and 92nd Avenue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | SE Stark Street and 106th Avenue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | SE Division Street and 92nd Avenue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | N Chautauqua Boulevard and Juneau Street | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | NE Sandy Boulevard and 149th Avenue* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | SW Alder Street and 3rd Avenue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | SE Reedway Street and 72nd Avenue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |