319 people died while traveling on Oregon roads in 2011; that's two more than 2010 and the first increase since 2005. Another bit of preliminary data shows that 15 people on bicycles were killed last year — that's a 114% increase from the seven lives lost in 2010 and it ties the highest bike fatality total since at least 2003. (more...)
Lost in the end-of-year festivities and perhaps overshadowed by a startling number of people killed while walking on Oregon roads in 2010 (60), lies a positive statistic that deserves our attention. In 2010, there were zero fatal bicycle crashes in Portland.
According to PBOT data, this is the sixth time since 1999 that no one has been killed while riding a bike in our city (others were 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2008). (more...)
With Oregon lawmakers set to get down to business in the coming weeks, it's a good time to prepare for the upcoming debates by brushing up on the latest traffic safety data.
The early edition of the 2009 Traffic Safety Facts is a 232 page compilation of national traffic collision data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and General Estimate System (GES) published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (PDF here). This is an early report (2010 data is not expected to be available until early 2012), but it still contains several gems of information. (more...)
This guest post is by Michael Andersen of Portland Afoot, a new "10-minute newsmagazine" and wiki about low-car life in Portland.
The official U.S. Census numbers for 2009 came out Tuesday, and as BikePortland reported, they held the latest evidence that the phenomenal growth of local biking has been leveling off. (more...)
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