Intersection of 82nd and Flavel.
A woman died this morning as the result of a traffic collision in southeast Portland.
According to the Portland Police Bureau, it happened around 8:00 am this morning at the intersection of SE 82nd and Flavel.
Here’s a snip from the official police statement:
Officers and medical personnel arrived and located the adult female bicycle rider who was critically injured. Life-saving efforts were not successful and she died at the scene.
The adult male driver in a box truck remained at the scene and has been cooperating with investigators.
The Traffic Division’s Major Crash Team is responding to conduct an investigation.
The location is just a few blocks north of the Springwater Corridor path. Here’s an aerial view of the intersection:
When the City of Portland launched their Vision Zero initiative in August 2015, they chose a location on 82nd (at Division) just just 2.5 miles north of where this fatality occurred.
82nd has been identified by the Bureau of Transportation as one of Portland’s ‘High Crash Corridors’ — a designation given to 10 streets with a high concentration of crashes.
While specific details haven’t been released, the location of this crash is sure to re-ignite the frustration of Portlanders who want to tame these big and fast arterials. Vivian Satterfield, deputy director of the nonprofit OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon just posted her feelings to her personal Twitter account:
Active disinvestment and intentional under-investment by a number of agencies and jurisdictions (plenty of blame to go around) for decades.
— vivian (as) herself (@vivianherself) July 30, 2016
This is the third fatal crash involving a bicycle rider in Portland this year.
If you have information about this collision or about this intersection in general, please share in the comments or get in touch with us directly at (503) 706-8804.
Stay tuned as more details are released.
— Jonathan Maus, (503) 706-8804 – jonathan@bikeportland.org
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