Multnomah County, Oregon: fatal crash statistics

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FARS records 78 deaths in 71 fatal crashes in Multnomah County in 2024.

FARS records 689 deaths in 652 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, Multnomah County was number 1 of 36 counties of Oregon.

Deaths in Multnomah County rose by 74.4% between the ten years 2005 to 2014 (395) and the ten years 2015 to 2024 (689).

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

From 2015 to 2024, 2.5% of the fatal crashes in Multnomah County with a known setting were rural, against 55.2% 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 Multnomah 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.Multnomah County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 2015 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes	Crashes with a driver recorded as drinking
2024	78	71	25
2023	90	85	30
2022	88	87	21
2021	80	75	18
2020	83	71	22
2019	66	63	18
2018	50	49	13
2017	58	56	15
2016	55	55	13
2015	41	40	17
2015 to 2024	689	652	192

Each year from 1975

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

Tallest column: 115 (1977)2024: 78

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

Table 2.Multnomah County: deaths and fatal crashes by year, 1975 to 2024
Year	Deaths	Fatal crashes
2024	78	71
2023	90	85
2022	88	87
2021	80	75
2020	83	71
2019	66	63
2018	50	49
2017	58	56
2016	55	55
2015	41	40
2014	28	28
2013	52	51
2012	45	43
2011	38	38
2010	31	30
2009	42	41
2008	27	26
2007	51	50
2006	41	39
2005	40	37
2004	46	40
2003	56	53
2002	46	43
2001	48	45
2000	33	32
1999	45	45
1998	62	60
1997	60	52
1996	69	63
1995	73	67
1994	55	49
1993	70	65
1992	53	50
1991	58	55
1990	70	66
1989	77	72
1988	87	80
1987	95	89
1986	108	91
1985	81	74
1984	87	83
1983	77	70
1982	79	71
1981	115	107
1980	96	90
1979	98	94
1978	98	94
1977	115	102
1976	90	84
1975	97	92

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.Multnomah County beside Oregon and the United States: deaths for each 100,000 residents
Period	Multnomah County	Oregon	United States
2024	9.8	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. Multnomah County had 794,472 residents in 2024.

Factors that NHTSA records

Table 4.Multnomah County: counts by recorded factor, 2015 to 2024
Factor	Count	Counted among	Share	Share in Oregon
A driver recorded as drinkingof 652 fatal crashes	192	652 fatal crashes	29.4%	31.0%
A speeding-related driverof 652 fatal crashes	217	652 fatal crashes	33.3%	30.1%
No restraint usedof 210 occupant deaths with restraint use known	91	210 occupant deathswith restraint use known	43.3%	35.0%
Pedestriansof 689 deaths	240	689 deaths	34.8%	16.2%
Bicyclistsof 689 deaths	32	689 deaths	4.6%	2.3%
Motorcyclistsof 689 deaths	115	689 deaths	16.7%	13.9%
On a rural roadof 652 fatal crashes with the condition reported	16	652 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	2.5%	55.2%
In the darkof 623 fatal crashes with the condition reported	404	623 fatal crasheswith the condition reported	64.8%	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.Multnomah 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	34	8	20	32	94
Monday	23	19	22	33	97
Tuesday	21	10	20	22	73
Wednesday	16	12	25	32	85
Thursday	21	13	20	36	90
Friday	24	10	24	38	96
Saturday	33	13	26	40	112
All days	172	85	157	233	647

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.Multnomah County: fatal crashes by road function class, 2015 to 2024
Road function class	Fatal crashes	Share	Share in Oregon
Interstate	80	12.3%	8.4%
Other freeways and expressways	1 or 2	0.3%	0.8%
Other principal arterial	256	39.3%	39.6%
Minor arterial	172	26.4%	22.1%
Major collector	112	17.2%	18.9%
Minor collector	1 or 2	0.3%	3.9%
Local	28	4.3%	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.Multnomah County: fatal crashes by light condition, 2015 to 2024
Light condition	Fatal crashes
Daylight	195
Dark, not lighted	60
Dark, lighted	315
Dawn	12
Dusk	12
Dark, lighting unknown	29
Other or unknown	29

Table 8.Multnomah County: fatal crashes by weather, 2015 to 2024
Weather	Fatal crashes
Clear	298
Cloudy	156
Rain	102
Snow, sleet or freezing rain	9
Fog, smog or smoke	3
Crosswinds or blowing sand/snow	1 or 2
Other or not reported	83

Routes in the county

Table 9.Signed routes in Multnomah County that have a page: fatal crashes, 2015 to 2024
Route	Type	In Multnomah	In all of Oregon
Interstate 5	Interstate	27	212
Interstate 84	Interstate	40	160
Interstate 205	Interstate	13	22
State Route 99	State highway	16	160
State Route 99E	State highway	6	55
State Route 99W	State highway	1 or 2	37
State Route 213	State highway	13	41
US Route 26	US highway	30	165
US Route 30	US highway	25	84

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.Multnomah 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
Multnomah 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 Multnomah County
County	State	Deaths, 2024	Deaths, 2015 to 2024	For each 100,000 residents in a year
Clackamas County	Oregon	38	358	8.6
Columbia County	Oregon	6	67	12.8
Hood River County	Oregon	4	24	10.2
Washington County	Oregon	35	287	4.8
Clark County	Washington	41	324	6.5
Skamania County	Washington	1 or 2	37	30.6

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 Multnomah 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 Multnomah in the ten years before 2015?

FARS records 395 deaths in Multnomah County from 2005 to 2014. It records 689 deaths from 2015 to 2024.

What was the rate of Multnomah in 2024?

The rate of Multnomah County in 2024 was 9.8 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 Multnomah had a driver recorded as drinking?

FARS records a driver as drinking in 192 of 652 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 Multnomah?

9 signed routes in the county have a page. FARS records 172 fatal crashes on them in the county from 2015 to 2024. The table of routes on this page gives the count for each route.