Portland Traffic Deaths Hit 30-Year High, Nearly Half Pedestrians

PORTLAND, OR — There are 63 names on the list. More than five-dozen people who were killed on the streets of Portland in 2021.

From Daniel Martinez-Vidals, a 19-year-old killed on New Year's Day at Division and 112th to Jaimie Smith, a 23-year-old killed on Christmas Day at North Interstate and Mississippi, it is a list that shows Portland's Vision Zero Program still has a way to go before being successful.

The 63 who died last year was the highest number since 1990 and an increase over the 54 who were killed the year before.

Of the 63 who died, 27 were pedestrians, up from 18 in 2021.

Homeless people made up 70 percent of the pedestrians killed.

PBOT said they recognize the seriousness of the steps back.

"Some of these deaths feel hauntingly familiar, as they follow patterns and trends from before the pandemic," the bureau says in the report. "Others feel different because the Covid-19 pandemic, and its tremendous impact on American life, is also a contributing factor to the rise in traffic deaths.

"This is a new and unexpected circumstance requiring our focus and attention."

Here is a list of the 63 who died:

1. Daniel Martinez-Vidals
2. Andrew Lucero
3. Clarissa White
4. Eddie Larson
5. Charles Patton
6. Joshua Stanley
7. Karen McClure
8. Douglas Rosling II
9. Kenna Butchek
10. Antonio Amaro-Lopez
11. Jose Contreras
12. Morise Smith
13. Cecilia Hao
14. Inna Bosovik
15. Susan Sturdavant
16. Kfi Hen
17. Stephen Looser
18. Faustino Jurado
19. John Thomas
20. Roy Yotty
21. Eddy Kolb
22. Anthony Tolliver
23. Jamie Pallviny-Brown
24. David Dentler
25. Meagann McComb
26. Natalie Gray
27. Jeremy Hudson
28. Delbert Downing
29. Michael Gazeley-Romney
30. Joshua Samuel Teach
31. Michael Bute
32. Kim Chung
33. Edgar Pizano
34. Alice Kurkowski
35. Kevin Ford
36. Charles Engblo
37. William Anderson
38. Bonnie Culver
39. Knysha Latreace Wesley
40. Gregory James Beuving
41. Joshua Jay Reilly
42. Samuel Gene Hambrick
43. Douglas Allen Mooney
44. Austin Boyd
45. Tai Dave Ung
46. Aaron Appleby
47. David Randy Lee
48. Ryan Dickenson
49. Ruby Lee Allen
50. Collin Page
51. Tralee Ariel McClain
52. Laurie Lawyer
53. Carrie Lynn Simons
54. Jose Romero-Ramirez
55. Keith Poppert
56. Robert Joseph Leon
57. Sesky Antonio
58. Cocine Buck
59. Terrence Tombe
60. Jessie Ugelstad
61. Steven Alcorn Jr.
62. Vivian Gaye Phillips
63. Jaimie Smith