Car Accidents in Los Angeles, CA: Crash Data and Road Safety
Key crash statistics, high-risk roads, and accident report resources in Los Angeles County.
Reporting a Crash in Los Angeles, CA
The Los Angeles Police Department handles crashes on city streets. The California Highway Patrol takes the freeways, working from area offices around the city: the Central Los Angeles office at 777 West Washington Boulevard covers the 5, 10, 101, 110, 60 and 2 near downtown, including the Four Level and the East Los Angeles Interchange. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department covers unincorporated neighborhoods such as Willowbrook and East Los Angeles.
LAPD collision reports come from its Records and Identification Division. The quickest route is the LexisNexis online portal linked from the LAPD site, and LAPD asks online requesters to allow at least 45 days from the date of the crash. By mail, send a $19 check or money order payable to LAPD to the Document Processing Unit, P.O. Box 30158, Los Angeles, CA 90030.
Reports involving an arrest, a death or a juvenile are released by mail only. Under California Vehicle Code 20012, LAPD releases reports to the people involved, their representatives and others the law names.
For a freeway crash, file a CHP 190 form by mail with the nearest CHP area office or in person at any CHP office. The fee is $10 for up to 25 pages. California also requires an SR-1 form sent to the DMV within 10 days of any crash where someone was hurt or killed or damage topped $1,000, separate from the police report.
If you are not sure which agency responded, we can help you find the right report. Our California accident resources cover the rest of the state.
Traffic Deaths and Injuries in Los Angeles
| Measure | Figure | Year | Source |
| People killed in traffic crashes | 290, down 6% from 2024 | 2025 | LAPD data, reported by LAist |
| Fatal crashes involving a pedestrian | more than 150 | 2025 | LAPD data, reported by LAist |
| Pedestrians killed | 170, against 88 in 2015 | 2024 | LAPD data, analyzed by Crosstown |
| People severely injured | 1,522 | 2024 | LAPD data, analyzed by Crosstown |
| Deaths in hit-and-run crashes | 98 | 2024 | LAPD data, analyzed by Crosstown |
| Change in fatal crashes, January to August | up 8% on the same months of 2025 | 2026 | LAPD data, reported by LAist |
The 2025 figures come from LAPD data published by LAist in February 2026, and the 2024 breakdown from Crosstown’s January 2025 analysis of LAPD records. Traffic crashes killed 60 more people in Los Angeles than homicides did in 2025.
Where Do Most Crashes Happen in Los Angeles?
LADOT’s High Injury Network is the 7.5 percent of city streets that account for more than 60 percent of deaths and severe injuries among people walking, according to the department’s July 2026 update. The two worst intersections in Crosstown’s analysis of LAPD records both sit close to a freeway exit.
- Figueroa Street and Slauson Avenue, South Los Angeles. Crosstown’s analysis of LAPD data counted 66 serious collisions here between February 2021 and February 2025, more than any other intersection in the city, including 17 felony hit-and-runs and seven people on foot struck. It sits a block from a 110 Freeway exit in the Vermont Slauson neighborhood.
- Sepulveda Boulevard and Roscoe Boulevard, Panorama City. Second on the same list with 65 serious collisions, about one every three weeks, including a hit-and-run that killed a 38-year-old cyclist. The intersection is two blocks from a 405 offramp. Crosstown editor Gabriel Kahn told ABC7 that “a lot of people coming off the freeway driving 70 miles an hour” are entering a city street there.
- Roscoe Boulevard and Van Nuys Boulevard, Panorama City. About a mile east along Roscoe, 59 serious crashes from 2021 to 2024, 14 of them felony hit-and-runs.
- Venice Boulevard, Inglewood Boulevard to National Boulevard. On the High Injury Network through Mar Vista and Palms. LADOT and Metro rebuilt more than four miles of it with protected left-turn signals, new crosswalks, parking-protected bike lanes and a 24-hour bus lane.
- Hollywood Boulevard, Gower Street to Lyman Place. LADOT planners counted 53 collisions that killed or severely injured someone in this stretch from 2010 to 2019, with speeding the main problem. Work began in June 2024 on protected bike lanes and a center turn lane, taking most of the stretch from two travel lanes each way to one.
Trauma Centers in Los Angeles
Los Angeles has three adult Level I trauma centers inside city limits. LA General Medical Center, formerly LAC+USC, is at 2051 Marengo Street in Boyle Heights, east of downtown. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at 757 Westwood Plaza on the Westside, and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is at 8700 Beverly Boulevard.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, at 4650 Sunset Boulevard, is a Level I pediatric trauma center. In the Valley, Northridge Hospital Medical Center and Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills are Level II centers, as is California Hospital Medical Center downtown, according to the state’s October 2025 trauma center list.
Common Questions
What is the most dangerous intersection in Los Angeles?
Figueroa Street and Slauson Avenue in South Los Angeles recorded 66 serious collisions between February 2021 and February 2025, the most of any city intersection in Crosstown’s analysis of LAPD data. Seventeen were felony hit-and-runs. Sepulveda and Roscoe boulevards in Panorama City was second with 65.
How many people die in traffic crashes in Los Angeles each year?
Traffic crashes killed 290 people in the city of Los Angeles in 2025, according to LAPD data, a 6 percent drop from 2024. Pedestrians account for a large share: 170 people walking were killed in 2024, and more than 150 fatal crashes in 2025 involved a pedestrian.
How do I get an LAPD traffic collision report?
Request it online through the LexisNexis portal linked on the LAPD website, or mail a $19 check or money order to the LAPD Records and Identification Division, P.O. Box 30158, Los Angeles, CA 90030. LAPD asks online requesters to allow at least 45 days. Reports involving an arrest, death or juvenile are mail-only.
Who handles a crash on a Los Angeles freeway?
The California Highway Patrol investigates crashes on the freeways inside Los Angeles, through area offices such as Central Los Angeles on West Washington Boulevard. Copies are requested with a CHP 190 form, mailed to the nearest area office or handed in at any CHP office, at $10 for up to 25 pages.
Los Angeles County Accident Reports on Local Accident Reports
Three-Vehicle Crash Blocks Ln on WB I-210 in Glendora, CA
Fatal Pedestrian Crash Shuts Down WB I-10 Near La Brea Ave in Los Angeles, CA
Three-Vehicle Crash on SB US-101 Near 1st St in Los Angeles, CA
Minor-Injury Crash on I-210 W at Sunland Blvd in Sunland-Tujunga, CA
Two-Vehicle Crash on Azusa Ave in Valinda, CA
At Local Accident Reports, we cover crashes in all fifty states. But that’s not all; we also report the latest crashes county by county, not just state by state. Our goal is to give drivers and other road users reliable, up-to-date crash information for any location they’re interested in.
Here you can find some of the most recent crashes in Los Angeles County, which covers the city of Los Angeles along with Pomona, El Monte, Carson, Gardena and Arcadia, and unincorporated communities such as Willowbrook. Recent city reports include an injury crash on the SR-2 on-ramp at Fletcher Drive and a multi-vehicle crash on the 405 near Mulholland Drive in Sherman Oaks. The full archive is at Los Angeles County accident news.
The problem of high-crash roads extends well beyond Los Angeles. Dangerous roads and intersections across California continue to be the sites of frequent wrecks, and recent accident alerts track them as they are reported.
Local Accident Reports compiles this information from public agency sources and published reports for general reference. It is not legal advice and is not an official police record. Fees, forms and deadlines change, so confirm with the agency before you send a request. Last updated October 2026.