Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland August 12th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
These are the collisions you won’t read about in the news. We publish information sent to us by victims and their friends and family. Most, but not all of them, are confirmed with the police before posting.
If you or a friend have been hit, please get a lawyer and educate yourself about your rights.
The family of a Portland high school student says their daughter was severely injured by a driver while walking in the Piedmont neighborhood. It happened Tuesday night October 11th around 6:30 pm near the intersection of North Commercial and Killingsworth. This location is on the same block as Jefferson High School and a Multnomah County … Read more
There is no way someone like that should have a license.
The one witness who saw the whole thing thought it was the driver’s fault.
“The traffic/bicyclists/pedestrian issue has really come to a head.”
“I never thought I’d be emailing anyone about something like this.”
This story was sent to us as a Subscriber Post by BikePortland reader Glenn Fee. I Can’t Believe I’m Writing This I’m not entirely sure where to begin, but I feel like I need to write it. It’s been an understandably difficult few months for pedestrians and cyclists in Portland. As a committed cyclist and … Read more
Note: This is part of our Collision Chronicles project. Learn more here. Received 8/26/16: Jonathan, Just want to let you and the readers know that my friend [name redacted] was involved in a hit and run while he was riding in Sellwood this week.
Note: This is part of our Collision Chronicles project. Learn more here. Received 8/24/16: So my colleague’s wife was walking on the Broadway bridge last Tuesday (2nd) and was hit by a bicyclist. She was hit so hard that she suffered a fractured skull, subdural hematoma, dislocated shoulder and 6 fractured vertebra. She has since … Read more
Received 8/16/16 I’m a victim off hit and run this morning. Police report filed. No one got license plate number. Lots off witnesses. What resources are there for me? Still in mild shock and at hospital.
More on The Collision Chronicles here. Receieved 8/6/16: My husband was struck by a hit & run white car At Going & NE 15th at that bike crossing August 5 at 11am
You can’t stop something if you never hear about it.