Data description: The location of pedestrian fatalities in the City of Portland from 2018 to 2022.

Data source: The data owner of all official crash records is the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Data definitions: The data is specific to crashes occurring within Portland city limits resulting in a fatality as defined by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA defines fatal crashes to exclude people who die:

• More than 30 days after a crash

• Intentionally (suicide)

• In an act of homicide (a person intentionally crashes into another person)

• In a crash not involving a motor vehicle (e.g. a train)

• From a prior medical event (e.g. a heart attack or drug overdose)

• In a crash in a parking lot

Attribute and field name definitions are available in the Traffic Crash Analysis and Code Manual provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation.