Transportation Safety Action Plan

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2026 Transportation Safety Action Plan Update

The Transportation Safety Action Plan outlines how to improve road safety for all users, on all roads, across all agencies. The plan’s goal is to create a transportation system where everyone can travel safely, whether they drive, walk, roll, bike, or take public transportation.

The Oregon Transportation Commission adopted the 2026 Transportation Safety Action Plan at their meeting on October 8, 2026.

The Oregon Transportation Safety Action Plan is about changing the road safety story. It is a collective roadmap to a different future where everyone arrives safely, every day, in every community. This plan builds on Oregon’s past efforts in road safety and transportation planning, while recognizing the increase in fatalities and serious injuries over the past decade and embracing bold commitments for the future.

By law, ODOT must update the Transportation Safety Action Plan every five years. The current plan, approved in 2021, focuses on safety improvements through 2026. The updated plan will include actions through 2031 that support achieving zero fatalities and serious injuries by 2050. The update has four objectives:

Analyze safety data to identify trends and solutions for all public roads and users, including vulnerable users like pedestrians and bicyclists.
Evaluate progress toward eliminating fatalities and serious injuries.
Identify actions based on input from partner feedback and data trends that will be implemented in the next five years.
Integrate the safe system approach to guide future safety decisions and investments.

We expect to have a draft of the updated plan ready by June 2026. We don’t identify specific safety projects in the plan; check out our statewide project tracker to find projects in your community.

Every year, hundreds of people die and thousands more suffer life-changing injuries on Oregon's roads. These tragedies affect families, communities, and the entire state. The Transportation Safety Action Plan provides a roadmap to make our transportation system safer by working with:

Local, state and regional agencies, and Tribal governments.
Traffic engineers and planners who design Oregon's transportation system.
Law enforcement agencies.
Public health experts and safety advocates.
Businesses, educators, and emergency responders.
You, the traveling public.

Together, we can eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries in Oregon.

Vulnerable road users include people walking, biking, or using personal conveyances like scooters. These users face a higher risk of injury in crashes.

The 2026 Transportation Safety Action Plan will update Oregon's Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment, which analyzes:

Crash trends for pedestrians and bicyclists.
High-risk areas and contributing factors.
Strategies to reduce crashes and protect vulnerable users.

To learn more, view the 2023 Vulnerable Road User Safety Assessment. You can also see specific risk areas throughout the state using our interactive transportation mapping tool. Select “Projects and Scoping” from the left navigation to see risk areas.