Beverly Hills Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

If a driver turned in front of your bike on Wilshire Boulevard, opened a door into your path, or changed lanes without looking, you already know how fast a ride can end. Now you face a hospital stay, a wrecked bike and an insurer that wants to know how fast you were going. You need a Beverly Hills motorcycle accident attorney who understands riders and this city. Beverly Hills ranked first among 93 similar cities in 2023 for motorcycle victims, according to the state. Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. is based in downtown Los Angeles and handles motor-vehicle injury cases only. Attorney Moe Abdallah takes your call himself, any hour, and Se Habla Español. The consultation is free, and the firm works on contingency, so you owe no fee unless he wins.

Thirty-eight hurt riders in one year: what the state ranking means

The California Office of Traffic Safety compares cities of similar size, and rank 1 means worst. In its 2023 table of 93 cities, Beverly Hills ranked first for motorcycle victims, with 38 riders and passengers killed or injured. In 2022 the city ranked second of 90, with 23. Two years in a row is no fluke. The city's own Local Road Safety Plan, updated in March 2026, shows Wilshire Boulevard (359 collisions) and Olympic Boulevard (302) with the most collisions from 2017 to 2022 and North Santa Monica Boulevard with the highest weighted crash rate, and it names a pattern of fatal and severe-injury crashes on Olympic and North Santa Monica. On any of those streets you share the road with delivery vans, valet cars, shoppers and tourists who are lost. You have no steel around you. A low-speed hit that a car driver walks away from can break your leg, collarbone or spine. If you were hurt here, spend the first days gathering evidence. Write down the corner, the time, the traffic signal and every plate you saw, then call Moe.

Left turns, door zones and the 'I never saw him' story

Motorcycle crashes in a dense city tend to look alike. A driver turns left across the oncoming rider, pulls out of a driveway or garage, or drifts into the next lane. California law says a left-turning driver must yield to oncoming traffic close enough to be a hazard (Vehicle Code 21801), and a driver must change lanes only when it is reasonably safe (Vehicle Code 21658). On a busy corner such as Canon Dr and North Santa Monica Boulevard, which the city ranks as its highest-crash intersection by weighted rate, a driver turning across a rider's path breaks that rule. The driver usually says the same thing: I never saw him. That does not excuse a failure to yield. It suggests the driver failed to look. Moe asks for nearby business cameras, doorbell footage, the driver's phone records and the vehicle's own data when it exists. Video is often overwritten within days, so he moves fast. Do not accept blame at the scene, and do not apologize. Take photos of the road, the skid marks and your bike before anyone moves it.

Lane splitting on city boulevards and the speed argument insurers make

Beverly Hills has no freeway of its own, so any lane splitting here happens on surface streets like Wilshire and Olympic Boulevard, between lines of slow cars. No California statute prohibits lane splitting. Vehicle Code 21658.1 defines it and lets the CHP issue safety guidelines, but it does not declare it legal in every case. A rider still must move between lanes only when it is reasonably safe (Vehicle Code 21658) and must ride at a speed that fits the conditions (Vehicle Code 22350). Insurers know these rules. If you were passing stopped cars when a driver swung into your path, the adjuster may argue that you were speeding, hidden or somewhere you should not have been. California follows pure comparative negligence, so even if a jury gave you some share of blame, you could still recover, with the award reduced by that share (Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804). Moe fights the percentage with witness accounts, the bike's damage pattern and the speed data. A careful rider who got cut off should not lose a claim to a guess.

Your helmet, your gear and your bike are all evidence

Every rider and passenger on a motorcycle must wear a fastened, DOT-compliant helmet (Vehicle Code 27803). If you wore one, say so on the first call and keep it. Do not clean it, repair it or toss it, because the scuffs show how you hit the pavement. Do the same with your jacket, gloves and boots. If you were not wearing a helmet, your claim does not disappear, but an insurer may argue that the lack of one made a head or face injury worse and ask for a lower award under comparative fault. The motorcycle matters too. Store it somewhere secure, and do not let a tow yard or insurer scrap it before Moe has photographed it and, if needed, had it inspected. Brake marks, bent forks and impact points show where the driver hit you and how fast both vehicles moved. Keep your medical bills, repair estimates and a note of work you missed. One past example: Moe recovered $30,000 in policy limits for a head-on crash with femur and ankle fractures and surgery. Past results do not promise a similar outcome.

When the driver has no insurance, too little, or fled

A motorcycle crash can cost far more than California's minimum liability limits of $30,000 per person and $60,000 per accident (Vehicle Code 16056). Beverly Hills ranked 7 of 93 for hit-and-run collisions in 2023, with 26, so some riders never learn who hit them. If a driver fled and contact occurred, your own uninsured motorist coverage can pay for your injuries, but not your bike, and only if you report the crash to police within 24 hours and file a sworn statement with your insurer within 30 days (Insurance Code 11580.2). Moe won a $100,000 policy-limit uninsured motorist recovery for a woman rear-ended by a driver who fled with no police report, after other firms turned her down. Past results do not promise a similar outcome. If the driver is insured but underinsured, a UIM claim can add coverage after the at-fault limit is paid. One more warning. Under Proposition 213, a rider who owned an uninsured vehicle generally cannot recover pain and suffering damages (Civil Code 3333.4). Tell Moe about your own coverage early.

Police reports, Cedars-Sinai and the deadlines for Beverly Hills riders

The Beverly Hills Police Department writes reports for crashes inside the city. The city says you can buy a collision report online through LexisNexis, and the BHPD Records Bureau at 464 N. Rexford Dr. handles other records. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, just outside the city, is a Level I adult trauma center that may treat serious rider injuries. Tell every provider you were on a motorcycle and keep your records. You generally have two years to sue a private driver (Code of Civil Procedure 335.1). If a public entity may be at fault, such as for a road defect, you must present a written claim within six months (Government Code 911.2), and the City of Beverly Hills takes claims at the City Clerk's Office, 455 N. Rexford Dr., Room 290. Suit must follow within six months of a written rejection (Government Code 945.6). Unlimited injury suits are filed at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse downtown, not the Burton Way courthouse. Moe takes calls any hour, updates you by call and text, and charges no fee unless he wins.

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