Police Warning Regarding Weather-related Crashes

ODOT and OSP urge travelers to know before you go and monitor your local weather forecasts and road conditions.

Photos: Oregon State Police

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Oregon State Police responded to well over 100 traffic crashes since midnight throughout Oregon with the busiest areas being southern Oregon and the lower Willamette Valley.

Police are asking drivers to slow down and stay alive. Maintaining lower speeds greatly increases your chance of staying alive if you do crash. Make sure people know where you are traveling. See Weather Emergencies in Oregon and SW Washington for more driving and traveling tips.

Based upon information provide through OSP dispatch centers: * The Jackson County area appears to have been the busiest, where troopers responded to over 50 reported traffic crashes between midnight and 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. During that same period troopers responded to 10 crashes in Douglas County and 7 in Josephine County. * Troopers working in the Salem area south into Lane County responded to approximately 25 traffic crashes between 10:00 p.m., Friday, and 4:00 a.m. Saturday.

Weather related crashes in Oregon

Oregon State Police included three photos taken following a minor injury crash on Highway 22 near milepost 11. There is no other information available related to these photos.

ODOT and OSP urge travelers to know before you go and monitor your local weather forecasts and road conditions.

Salem-News.com maintains a Road Report at this address: Salem-News.com Road Conditions that is currently updated and has traffic cameras. You can also check ODOT's travel website at www.TripCheck.com before you leave, or call 5-1-1 (available from most cell phone service providers) for continuously updated travel information.