One person was hospitalized after a three-vehicle collision on Southeast 82nd Avenue near Flavel Street, according to East PDX News. The outlet reported that Portland Police Bureau Public Information Manager Mike Benner said the person’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. The investigation is listed as case No. 26-320534; people with information are asked to contact police and reference that number, the outlet reported.
Police and an ambulance were dispatched at 12:11 p.m. Wednesday to the crash site, just north of Flavel Street in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood, East PDX News reported. Portland Fire & Rescue’s Lents Station 11 engine company secured the southbound lanes, disconnected vehicle batteries and helped officers remove the Fiat driver from the car. The driver was taken to a local hospital, according to East PDX News.
East PDX News reported that the Fiat 500 had come from a laundry business on the east side of the avenue when it collided with a Dodge Grand Caravan. The Fiat then struck a Honda Odyssey and came to rest facing north in the southbound lanes.
Safety data for 82nd Avenue
Portland’s 82nd Avenue Corridor Atlas records 74 pedestrians and 30 people bicycling struck on the avenue from 2015 through 2019. A separate Portland Bureau of Transportation project page says 86 percent of serious-injury and fatal crashes in its 82nd Avenue study area involved travelers who disregarded their signal. The page also notes a fatal 2023 collision involving a vehicle and a pedestrian using a wheelchair at 82nd Avenue and Glisan Street.
Safety changes near Flavel
According to Portland Bureau of Transportation, its 82nd Avenue project included a green bike box at the SE Flavel intersection to improve the safety and visibility of people bicycling across the avenue. PBOT also reported completing high-visibility crosswalk upgrades at 22 intersections and installing green bike boxes along the corridor. Its project summary does not identify all upgraded crosswalk locations, so it does not establish whether the crash site itself received an upgrade.
