The Portland Bureau of Transportation will conduct a crosswalk education and enforcement action on the busy Northeast Sandy Boulevard at 85th Avenue intersection noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24. PBOT hopes to help raise awareness of pedestrian safety and Oregon traffic laws with Halloween coming up in just a week. Through these enforcement actions the bureau hopes to remind drivers of the extra hazards of children and families taking to the streets in droves next Wednesday.

A rainy Halloween can make pedestrians even harder to see.

Halloween is a deadly night for pedestrians and children. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:

On Halloween night 2016:

Forty-seven people died and nearly a third were due to drunk drivers - three times the fatalities of an average day.

Thirty percent of Halloween crash fatalities were pedestrians, compared to only 16 percent on an average day.

Over the last four years for which there are complete records (2012-2016), 22 percent of pedestrian fatalities on Halloween night involved a drunk driver.

Under Oregon law, every intersection is a legal crosswalk (marked or not) and drivers must stop for pedestrians when people are in the travel or adjacent lane.

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BEAVERTON 7:55 a.m.; Injury crash reported on Southwest Allen Boulevard just west of OR 217.



Update 8:20 a.m.; Cleared.

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SOUTHWEST PORTLAND 7:29 a.m.; A stalled TriMet bus is blocking the right lane of I-5 northbound near Capitol Highway.



Update 7:34 a.m.; Quickly cleared.

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NORTHWEST INDUSTRIAL 7 a.m.; An injury crash reported at Northwest Front Avenue near 61st is causing slowing on U.S. 30 both east and westbound. Expect delays in the area.



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Heads up Vancouver for a major closure coming this weekend: Drivers who use State Route 500 between St. Johns Road and Andresen Road should expect delays during construction to improve safety on the highway all this week. Both directions of SR 500 will close between St. Johns Road and Andresen Road from 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, until 4 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29. During the closure, travelers will need to plan ahead and use alternate routes. Note: The weekend closure is extremely weather dependent and will be rescheduled if rain is likely.

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