Safety Tips and Links

There were 496 traffic fatalities in Oregon in 2016 and 445 traffic fatalities in 2015. The 2015 total was 25% higher than the 356 total in 2014 and stands as the most significant year-on-year increase Oregon has had since 1946.

Safety information

• Safe driving tips
• Teen drivers
• Impaired driving: Cannabis and alcohol
• Road maintenance and road safety
• Clackamas County bike map
• ODOT Pedestrian Safety Program
• TriMet pedestrian and biking tips
• Pedestrian safety for kids
• Car seat check-up events
• How to install a car seat

Transportation data

• Traffic data
  • Traffic counts on Clackamas County roads, 2000–2015
• Speed facts
  • The chances of dying or being seriously injured in a traffic crash doubles for every 10 mph over 50 mph. That means you have a 400% greater chance of being seriously injured when you’re travelling at 70 mph than at 50 mph.
  • Crash forces increase exponentially with speed increases (i.e., 50 mph increased to 70 mph is a 40 percent increase in speed, while kinetic energy increases 96 percent).
  • The stopping distance for a passenger car on dry asphalt increases from 229 feet at 50 mph to 387 feet at 70 mph — a 69% increase in stopping distance. Traveling at 75mph vs 65mph only saves 6 minutes per hour of driving, yet increases risk of fatality by 33%.

Action Plans

• Clackamas County Transportation Safety Action Plan
• ODOT Transportation Safety Action Plan

Partner Links

• Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
  Enforcement, data and educational support
• Department of Transportation and Development
  Engineering, data and educational support
• American Medical Response
  Educational, data and emergency medical services support
• Oregon Liquor Control Commission
  Educational, data and enforcement support
• Health, Housing and Human Services
  Educational, data and funding support
• Think First
  Educational support for of brain and spinal cord injury including reduced-priced helmets
• Oregon Impact
  Educational and funding support focused on child/passenger safety and impaired/distracted driving
• Oregon Department of Transportation

Traffic, travel and safety

• Drive to Zero in your community
• Drive to Zero videos
• Metro Bike There! Map
• Mt. Hood Express
• Report Road Concerns
• Road Closures
• Safe Routes to School program
• Transportation Reaching People (TRP)
• TripCheck

Additional efforts

• Toward Zero Deaths
• PDX Vision Zero
• National Safety Council
• Road to Zero
• National Complete Streets Coalition
• Roadway Safety Foundation
• Driver education programs