Clackamas County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 38 deaths in 34 fatal crashes in Clackamas County in 2024.

FARS records 358 deaths in 322 fatal crashes in the county from 2015 to 2024.

From 2015 to 2024 the rate is 8.6 deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year.

The rate of Oregon in the same years is 12.4.

By deaths from 2015 to 2024, Clackamas County was number 4 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Clackamas County rose by 24.7% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (287) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (358).

In the counties of Oregon the deaths rose by 34.7% between the same years.

From 2015 to 2024, 26.9% of the occupants killed in Clackamas County with restraint use known had no restraint, against 35.0% in Oregon.

To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

Figure 1.Deaths in Clackamas County by year, 2015 to 2024

Table 1 has the numbers. Go to the table

Since the last update: no figure of this county has a change on record.

Deaths and fatal crashes by year

Table 1.Clackamas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	38	34	14
2023	30	27	12
2022	45	43	13
2021	36	33	7
2020	37	34	14
2019	33	29	9
2018	39	34	13
2017	29	26	10
2016	44	36	13
2015	27	26	12
2015 to 2024	358	322	117

Each year from 1975

Figure 2.Deaths in Clackamas County by year, 1975 to 2024

Tallest column: 69 (1979)2024: 38

The columns with a stronger shade are the years 2015 to 2024.

Table 2.Clackamas County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	38	34
2023	30	27
2022	45	43
2021	36	33
2020	37	34
2019	33	29
2018	39	34
2017	29	26
2016	44	36
2015	27	26
2014	38	33
2013	16	16
2012	20	19
2011	32	31
2010	21	21
2009	29	27
2008	30	27
2007	32	25
2006	28	26
2005	41	40
2004	23	20
2003	40	30
2002	32	29
2001	34	33
2000	42	42
1999	26	23
1998	38	35
1997	39	37
1996	43	38
1995	53	42
1994	43	38
1993	40	34
1992	37	35
1991	37	33
1990	41	33
1989	50	43
1988	57	46
1987	43	40
1986	49	44
1985	50	49
1984	54	48
1983	52	47
1982	35	30
1981	50	46
1980	51	47
1979	69	60
1978	45	40
1977	46	46
1976	50	41
1975	39	33

Note: a count of 1 or 2 is written "1 or 2". A death is in FARS when it occurs in 30 days or less after the crash.

Rate for each 100,000 residents

Table 3.Clackamas County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Clackamas County	Oregon	United States
2024	8.9	12.6	11.5
2015 to 2024, in a year	8.6	12.4	11.8

Note: the rate divides the deaths in the county by its residents. Persons who do not live in the county are in the deaths, not in the residents.

Population: Census Bureau estimates, vintage 2025. Clackamas County had 425,245 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Clackamas County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 322 fatal crashes	117	322 fatal crashes	36.3%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 322 fatal crashes	112	322 fatal crashes	34.8%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 171 occupant deaths with restraint use known	46	171 occupant deathswith restraint use known	26.9%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 358 deaths	69	358 deaths	19.3%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 358 deaths	4	358 deaths	1.1%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 358 deaths	61	358 deaths	17.0%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 322 fatal crashes with the condition reported	169	322 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	52.5%	55.2%
In the darkof 313 fatal crashes with the condition reported	156	313 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	49.8%	45.0%

Note: FARS records a driver as drinking when police reported alcohol involvement or a test of the driver was positive for alcohol. It is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure, which uses a blood alcohol concentration of .08 g/dL or higher. One crash can be in two or more rows. NHTSA's definitions

Note that alcohol data is often missing. For that reason, this data element may under-count the actual number of drinking drivers.

NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Weekday, time and road class

Table 5.Clackamas County: fatal crashes by weekday and time of day, 2015 to 2024
Weekday	Midnight to 6 a.m.	6 a.m. to noon	Noon to 6 p.m.	6 p.m. to midnight	All
Sunday	10	8	11	16	45
Monday	8	12	16	8	44
Tuesday	6	6	9	10	31
Wednesday	8	7	8	13	36
Thursday	6	11	17	15	49
Friday	8	10	22	20	60
Saturday	7	8	11	26	52
All days	53	62	94	108	317

Note: a cell with a stronger shade has a larger count. The table has the fatal crashes with a known hour and weekday.

Table 6.Clackamas County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oregon
Interstate	14	4.3%	8.4%
Other freeways and expressways	3	0.9%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	80	24.8%	39.6%
Minor arterial	127	39.4%	22.1%
Major collector	63	19.6%	18.9%
Minor collector	16	5.0%	3.9%
Local	19	5.9%	6.3%
Not reported	0	n/a	n/a

Note: the classes are those of the Federal Highway Administration. The shares are of the crashes with a reported class. Road function classes

Light condition and weather

Table 7.Clackamas County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	141
Dark, not lighted	112
Dark, lighted	39
Dawn	8
Dusk	8
Dark, lighting unknown	5
Other or unknown	9

Table 8.Clackamas County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	195
Cloudy	49
Rain	43
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	1 or 2
Fog, smog or smoke	4
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	0
Other or not reported	29

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Clackamas County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Clackamas	In all of Oregon
Interstate 5	Interstate	6	212
Interstate 205	Interstate	9	22
State Route 22	State highway	1 or 2	64
State Route 99	State highway	11	160
State Route 99E	State highway	13	55
State Route 211	State highway	28	31
State Route 213	State highway	26	41
State Route 224	State highway	32	32
US Route 26	US highway	30	165

Note: the table has each route with a page that has a fatal crash in the county, in name order. Local streets and county roads have no page. Their crashes are in the county totals. All routes in Oregon

Adjacent counties

These lists are for navigation. They are in name order.

Figure 3.Clackamas County on the county map of Oregon

Deaths for each 100,000 residents in a year, 2015 to 2024

Fewer than 104 counties
10 to 14.910 counties
15 to 19.95 counties
20 to 29.97 counties
30 or more10 counties
Clackamas County: 8.6

The limits of the classes are the same for every state. A county with few residents can show a high rate from few deaths. A class is not a judgement of a county. The full map and the table of counties of Oregon

Table 10.Counties that share a boundary line with Clackamas County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Hood River County	Oregon	4	24	10.2
Marion County	Oregon	39	428	12.4
Multnomah County	Oregon	78	689	8.6
Wasco County	Oregon	9	86	32.7
Washington County	Oregon	35	287	4.8
Yamhill County	Oregon	12	131	12.3

Source of the list: Census Bureau county adjacency file, 2026 edition.

Counties of similar population

These counties of Oregon have a population nearest to that of Clackamas County. The list is for navigation and is in name order. The number is the deaths from 2015 to 2024.

Official channels

NHTSA Fatality and Injury Reporting System Tool (FIRST)NHTSA's query tool for FARS counts.
NHTSA FARS EncyclopediaNHTSA's tables of FARS data.
Oregon Transportation Safety OfficeThe highway safety office of Oregon.

These links go to the sites of the agencies. They were checked on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

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Source of the figures

Counts: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, national files of 1975 to 2024. The factors use the vehicle and person files from 2015. Residents: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025. Map: Census Bureau cartographic boundary file, 2021 edition. Data to 31 Dec 2024. The figures are totals. No page of this site is about one crash or one person.

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Questions

How many deaths did FARS record in Clackamas in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 287 deaths in Clackamas County from 2005 to 2014. It records 358 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Clackamas in 2024?

The rate of Clackamas County in 2024 was 8.9 deaths for each 100,000 residents. The rate of Oregon was 12.6. The rate of the United States was 11.5.

How many fatal crashes in Clackamas had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 117 of 322 fatal crashes from 2015 to 2024. This count is not NHTSA's alcohol-impaired measure. NHTSA says that alcohol data is often missing, so the count may be too low.

How many fatal crashes did FARS record on signed routes in Clackamas?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 156 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.