Board directs staff to submit updated Transportation Safety Action Plan after data-driven presentation
Staff presented an updated Transportation Safety Action Plan with an intermediate target of a 30% reduction in serious-injury crashes by 2035 and a long-term Vision Zero goal; the board directed staff to submit the update for adoption at the business meeting consent agenda.
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Mike Besner, assistant director of transportation and development, presented the county's updated Transportation Safety Action Plan, describing a data-driven, Safe System approach to reduce fatal and serious-injury crashes across county roads, state facilities and city streets within Clackamas County. Besner said the county recorded 38 fatalities in 2025 and proposed an intermediate objective of a 30% reduction in fatal and serious-injury crashes by 2035 while maintaining the aspirational long-term goal of zero deaths by 2050. "In 2025, we had 38 fatalities in our county," Besner said.
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