Los Angeles Car Crash Data and Map

Direct Answer: From August 7, 2025 through August 6, 2026, Los Angeles recorded 27,780 reported car crashes in public records. This summary includes 16,175 people reported injured and 296 people reported killed. View the detailed patterns below or read the methodology.

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Los Angeles

Latest 365 days, compared with other California cities that had at least 30 reported crashes in this window.

City results use the reporting jurisdiction and can span several postal-code areas.

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27,780 recorded crashes
All crash records in the reporting window in Los Angeles, latest 365 days

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L marks a local road pair. F marks a freeway-linked road pair. These rings are reference callouts, separate from the blue/yellow/red crash dots.

F1
Burbank Blvd / I-405 (San Diego Fwy)
Rear End, historical peak near 3 PM
L1
Sepulveda Blvd / Sherman Way
Vehicle/Pedestrain, historical peak near 9 PM
For drivers

Leave extra following distance and expect sudden stops near busy approaches.

Los Angeles also has a higher-than-statewide vulnerable-road-user share, so check carefully for people walking, cycling, or riding near crossings.

Based on historical reported crashes, not live traffic, road closures, or a prediction of tonight's conditions.
Crashes
27,780
More than 100% of peers
People injured
16,175
296 deaths reported
Severe share
7.8%
4.1% statewide
Walking, biking, or riding
10.3%
8.7% statewide
Who was involved

Crash contexts across all road users

A city crash story is not only about people inside cars. These groups count crashes where at least one matching party was recorded, using standardized vehicle types when available.

Groups overlap. A collision between a passenger vehicle and a bicyclist appears in both groups. Small electric mobility includes electric bicycles, electric scooters, motorboards, and motorized bicycles; motorcycles remain separate.

Passenger vehicles
Includes passenger cars, station wagons, Jeeps, minivans, SUVs, and pickups.
87.6% of reported crashes in this place
24,337
1,651 serious or fatal
Trucks, buses, and service vehicles
Includes trucks, tractors, buses, ambulances, fire trucks, and other recorded commercial vehicles.
8.7% of reported crashes in this place
2,430
58 serious or fatal
People walking
At least one pedestrian was recorded as a party.
5.2% of reported crashes in this place
1,457
684 serious or fatal
Motorcycles
Includes motorcycles and motor scooters; kept separate from bicycles and small electric mobility.
3.7% of reported crashes in this place
1,017
388 serious or fatal
Bicycles and small electric mobility
Includes bicycles, electric bicycles, electric scooters, motorboards, and motorized bicycles.
2.9% of reported crashes in this place
814
273 serious or fatal
Places to use extra care

Neighborhood streets and freeway corridors

These are repeated officer-recorded road pairs. Counts can cover more than one plotted position along the same pair of roads.

Most common story: Rear End
Hit-run share: 30.2%
Neighborhood streets
Local road pairs, kept separate so freeways cannot crowd them out.
01
Sepulveda Blvd / Sherman Way
Vehicle/Pedestrain, peaks near 9 PM
Most repeated1 killed7 vulnerable-user7 hit-run
14 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 14 OSM-inferred
14
crashes
02
Wellworth Ave / Westwood Blvd
Vehicle/Pedestrain, peaks near 7 PM
Higher consequence3 killed3 vulnerable-user
4 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 4 OSM-inferred
4
crashes
03
Terra Bella St / Woodman Ave
Broadside, peaks near 6 AM
Higher consequence3 killed5 hit-run
6 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 6 OSM-inferred
6
crashes
Freeway approaches
Interchanges and highway-linked road pairs.
01
Burbank Blvd / I-405 (San Diego Fwy)
Rear End, peaks near 3 PM
Most repeated1 severe4 vulnerable-user21 hit-run
115 mapped records at 114 plotted positions
115
crashes
02
Pacific Coast Highway / Western Ave
Hit Object, peaks near 10 PM
Higher consequence1 killed2 vulnerable-user2 hit-run
4 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 4 OSM-inferred
4
crashes
03
Imperial Hwy / Vista Del Mar
Rear End, peaks near 12 AM
Higher consequence1 killed1 hit-run
10 mapped records at 1 plotted position, 10 OSM-inferred
10
crashes
How to read these results

Road names come from the officer's report and are normalized into pairs. A road-pair total does not mean every crash happened inside one physical intersection. Open a row to see its mapped records and positions.

Cite or reuse this profile

This is independent analysis of public records. Keep the reporting window, source, and methodology attached when reusing a figure.

The Crash Data Project. "Los Angeles Car Crash Data and Map." Updated August 7, 2026. https://crashes.meruai.co/california/cities/los-angeles. Analysis of California Crash Reporting System public records.
Read the methodology
Download generated 1 summary file. Source records may be revised after publication.