Traffic Safety Report

REACH works to highlight disparities in traffic incidents and casualties and create pathways to policy and systems change.

Multnomah County REACH Transportation, Crash, and Safety Report: At the Intersection of Transportation and Health (2026)

Multnomah County REACH, and The Street Trust collaborated to create an updated report  to the previous 2021 Traffic Safety Report. The 2026 update focuses on the transportation-related successes and remaining health inequities facing Black, African American, Immigrant, and Refugee communities in Multnomah County. Added historical context is used to better understand the systemic challenges facing Black and African Immigrants across Multnomah County.

The 2026 report includes data from:

There are three different versions currently available.

  • The executive summary includes high-level updates to work that has been done, policy recommendations, and research methods. 
  • The policy retrospect & recommendations includes the policy recommendations from the 2021 report and review of work that has been completed since those recommendations have been brought forth. Please note that these examples do not capture all of the work that has been done across the transportation ecosystem.
  • The full report includes both the executive summary and the policy retrospect and recommendations, along with the relevant data regarding the six dimensions of transportation safety that were discussed in the 2021 report. 

Multnomah County REACH Transportation, Crash, and Safety Report: At the Intersection of Transportation, Health, Race and Justice (2021)

In 2021, REACH commissioned a report to examine the unique challenges Black residents face living and working in high-crash areas. The report was spearheaded by Multnomah County’s Healthy Homes and Communities Manager Brendon Haggerty, MURP, the traffic safety report is a collaboration of government and community.

Informed by a previous initiative, Walking While Black from REACH partner Oregon Walks, the report consolidates 250 responses from the Action Communities for Health, Innovation and Environmental Change (ACHIEVE) Coalition and individuals across the region on a multitude of topics. The ACHIEVE Coalition provided valuable feedback that resulted in tangible changes and highlighted areas of concern to residents regarding traffic safety including racism and policing practices.

Last reviewed May 11, 2026

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