Over 30 speed and intersection safety cameras are currently operating across Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) High Crash Network and more are coming online soon. Placed at locations with a history of serious and deadly crashes, the cameras support Portland’s Vision Zero goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries on Portland streets.
Since November 2025, PBOT and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) approved and issued over 69,000 citations from speed and intersection safety cameras. Every citation generated from the cameras is first reviewed by a duly authorized traffic enforcement agent of PBOT or a PPB officer.
Speed remains one of the leading factors in deadly traffic crashes in Portland. According to PBOT’s 2025 Deadly Traffic Crash Report, at least 41 percent of traffic deaths involved speeding. Slower speeds reduce severity of crashes and potential for crashes to occur. The report also found that 74 percent of deadly crashes occurred on Portland’s High Crash Network, the small percentage of streets where the majority of the city’s most serious traffic crashes occur.
“The City of Portland is committed to Vision Zero and improving safety conditions on our streets,” said Transportation Director Millicent Williams. “The deployment of speed and intersection safety cameras is a highly effective tool for ensuring that people driving obey the speed limit for their safety and the safety of others.”
In inner SE Portland, intersection safety cameras are installed at E Burnside St. and SE MLK Jr. Blvd./SE Grand Ave.; SE Hawthorne Blvd. and SE MLK Jr. Blvd./SE 7th Ave.; and E Burnside St. at 82nd Ave. Two speed safety cameras exist on SE Powell Blvd. between SE 12th Ave. and SE Cesar Chavez Blvd.
Speed and intersection safety cameras are an effective tool for reducing dangerous speeding in Portland. Since the first safety cameras were installed in 2016, speeding at the original camera locations dropped 59 percent, while top-end speeding (defined as driving more than 10 mph over the speed limit) dropped 88 percent.
The safety camera program is a critical component of Portland’s Vision Zero program, which aims to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries. Oregon state law allows cities to use speed and intersection safety cameras to improve traffic safety. The purpose of speed and intersection safety cameras is to change behavior, not to generate revenue. The program is funded by the revenue from camera citations and traffic safety diversion class registration fees.
A map of camera locations in Portland on High Crash Streets and Intersections. Map by PBOT.
