Safe Highways Save Lives

Highway 126 is Oregon’s most dangerous highway. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation there have been over 8,762 accidents, 6,234 injuries, and 162 deaths on Highway 126 between Florence and Redmond since 1991.Most of the accidents have occurred on the eastern part of the highway which runs between Springfield and Redmond. It is called the McKenzie Highway.(Figures do not include the last two years which haven’t been compiled yet.)

Roadside memorial for Branden Stansell, age 25. He fell asleep at the wheel and drove his truck off the road into a power pole. (No rumble strips)
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Cattle truck flips over going around a curve at Cedar Flat crashing into a tree, injuring the driver, and closing down the highway for hours-Dec 2015
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Fatal crash when SUV crossed the fog line, hit a large boulder on the edge of the road and burst into flames - McKenzie Hwy east of Vida - Aug. 2017
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Car crossed the fog line and flipped over on the bank of the river - Driver escaped with minor injuries. McKenzie Hwy near Greenwood Dr.
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Fatal car crash - McKenzie Hwy near Finn Rock Sept. 2007
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Car collision with log truck near Goodpasture Bridge, Sept. 2016 - Driver of the car suffered serious head injuries and was life-fligted to hospital.
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Flag placed at the spot where Brandon Stansell's pickup truck went off the road and struck a power pole killing him instantly.
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Leaburg Fish Hatchery truck rounded a curve too fast, overturned and hit a tree spilling its contents on the roadway. - McKenzie Hwy at Cedar Flat
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Thousands of fish scattered all over the Highway after Leaburg Fish Hatchery truck crashed - McKenzie Hwy at Cedar Flat, Jan. 2015
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Roadside memorial for Renee Cicero who was killed when her vehicle hit a bridge over the Walterville Canal and careened out of control.
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Propane truck veers off the road and ends up in the ditch. McKenzie Hwy near mile post 51 - Feb. 2018
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Roadside memorial for Kenneth Wayne Brawn, age 54 whose truck went over the fog line and down a steep embankment into the river near milepost 21.
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Gasoline tanker crash leaked 2,000 gallons of gasoline requiring a massive cleanup costing millions of dollars. Leaburg, June 2017
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Fatal motorcycle crash on Old McKenzie Hwy (242)
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Fatal car crash - McKenzie Hwy 4 miles east of Vida, July 2014
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McKenzie Hwy crash near Santiam Pass - June 2014
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Log truck loses control on the McKenzie Hwy near Blue River
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Safe Highways Save Lives

Oregon’s Most Dangerous Highway

Roadside memorial for Branden Stansell, age 25. He fell asleep at the wheel and drove his truck off the road into a power pole. (No rumble strips)

Cattle truck flips over going around a curve at Cedar Flat crashing into a tree, injuring the driver, and closing down the highway for hours-Dec 2015

Fatal crash when SUV crossed the fog line, hit a large boulder on the edge of the road and burst into flames - McKenzie Hwy east of Vida - Aug. 2017

Car crossed the fog line and flipped over on the bank of the river - Driver escaped with minor injuries. McKenzie Hwy near Greenwood Dr.

Fatal car crash - McKenzie Hwy near Finn Rock Sept. 2007

Car collision with log truck near Goodpasture Bridge, Sept. 2016 - Driver of the car suffered serious head injuries and was life-fligted to hospital.

Flag placed at the spot where Brandon Stansell's pickup truck went off the road and struck a power pole killing him instantly.

Leaburg Fish Hatchery truck rounded a curve too fast, overturned and hit a tree spilling its contents on the roadway. - McKenzie Hwy at Cedar Flat

Thousands of fish scattered all over the Highway after Leaburg Fish Hatchery truck crashed - McKenzie Hwy at Cedar Flat, Jan. 2015

Roadside memorial for Renee Cicero who was killed when her vehicle hit a bridge over the Walterville Canal and careened out of control.

Propane truck veers off the road and ends up in the ditch. McKenzie Hwy near mile post 51 - Feb. 2018

Roadside memorial for Kenneth Wayne Brawn, age 54 whose truck went over the fog line and down a steep embankment into the river near milepost 21.

Gasoline tanker crash leaked 2,000 gallons of gasoline requiring a massive cleanup costing millions of dollars. Leaburg, June 2017

Fatal motorcycle crash on Old McKenzie Hwy (242)

Fatal car crash - McKenzie Hwy 4 miles east of Vida, July 2014

McKenzie Hwy crash near Santiam Pass - June 2014

Log truck loses control on the McKenzie Hwy near Blue River

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