Overview
- Crosstown LA’s review of LAPD records identifies South Figueroa Street and Slauson Avenue as the city’s most hazardous intersection with 66 serious crashes from 2021 to 2024, including 17 felony hit-and-runs and seven pedestrians struck.
- Sepulveda Boulevard and Roscoe Boulevard ranks second with 65 serious crashes, and many of the worst locations sit near freeway offramps, including corridors by the 405 and 110.
- LAPD Lt. Jesse Garcia points to speeding, red-light violations, cell phone use and increasingly powerful vehicles as leading contributors to severe collisions.
- LADOT says it has installed more than 7,000 safety treatments since 2017 and redesigned over 20 miles of High Injury Network streets, while advancing AB43 speed-limit reforms and AB645 speed-camera pilots.
- Advocates including Damian Kevitt call for red-light and speed cameras and note a decline in traffic citations as traffic deaths rose to 314 in 2022, 345 in 2023 and 303 in 2024, with unspent 2023 speed-camera funds cited as a near-term option.