Why
SAFETY
is our highest priority?
“Traffic crashes are not accidents. They are preventable events. They represent personal, family and community tragedies regardless of fault.”
Joanne Fairchild, Trauma Nurses
Transportation Safety -
ECONOMY
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Crashes cost Portland over $100 million per year from health care and productivity losses
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Crashes are the #1 cause of job related death
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Injury from crashes are the #1 cause of worker compensation claims
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40% of all congestion in Portland is non-recurring and primarily caused by crashes
I-5 traffic, 2008
J A M I E F R A N C I S / T H E O R E G O N I A N