Portland 2024 Deadly Traffic Crash Report
The City of Portland and the Vision Zero program at the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) aim 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.
PBOT continually reviews 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.
To create this report, we rely on data from our partners. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) provided finalized data from 2020–2022. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) shared preliminary traffic death data for 2023–2024. Data on serious injuries from 2023– 2024 is not yet available from ODOT.
As you will read in further detail in this report, 58 people were killed in traffic crashes in Portland in 2024, lower than the record high of 69 deaths in 2023. Those 58 individuals were part of our community. Countless people feel the loss of someone dear in their lives—children, siblings, parents, aunts and uncles, grandparents, neighbors, friends, and loved ones. Our city mourns those whose lives were cut short by preventable traffic violence. We can and must do better.