Fatal Car Accidents Exceed Prior Year Numbers

With another recent fatal car accident in Portland, the 2019 fatality count from a car accident now matches 2018’s and it’s only August. By the most conservative estimate, the total number of fatal car accidents in Portland is 34. The total of traffic deaths in 2018 was 34. A fatal car accident occurred around Northeast 122n Avenue and Northeast Stanton Street. The crash shut down traffic in both directions along 122t. Police did not specify details of the crash or how many vehicles were involved.

This crash counts as the 36th fatal car accident of 2019 according to the Portland Police Bureau. The Portland Bureau of Transportation counts it as the 34th. The discrepancy in numbers between the Portland Police Bureau and the Portland Bureau of Transportation comes from a difference in the criteria used to determine what constitutes as a fatal car accident or “traffic fatality.” The PPB classifies such an incident as a motor vehicle accident that results in death. PBOT’s traffic safety page, however, state that its numbers exclude “people who die: more than 30 days after a crash.” Homicide (when a person intentionally crashes into another person), suicide with a vehicle, when a person is involved in a car accident not involving a motor vehicle, or when a crash occurs in a parking lot, do not count as fatal car accidents to the PBOT. Either way, the statistics for fatal car accidents in Portland are alarming.

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