Beverly Hills Pedestrian Accident Lawyer

Beverly Hills looks calm on a postcard. For people on foot, the numbers say otherwise. The California Office of Traffic Safety ranked the city first among 93 comparable cities in 2023 for pedestrian victims killed or injured, with 46 victims. The city's own Local Road Safety Plan says almost half of its fatal and severe-injury collisions involved someone walking or biking. If a driver hit you in a Beverly Hills crosswalk, on Wilshire Boulevard, or while you crossed to a restaurant or office, you now face a serious injury and an insurance company that is already building its story. Moe Abdallah Law, P.C. is a Los Angeles firm that handles motor vehicle injury cases only, and pedestrian crashes are one of the case types it takes. Below you will find the streets, the police and court details, the hospital, the law on crosswalks and fault, and the steps that protect your claim. Your consultation is free, and Moe handles your case himself.

Why people on foot get hurt on these Beverly Hills streets

Beverly Hills has about 33,000 residents, but the city's Local Road Safety Plan says 150,000 to 200,000 people are in town on a normal weekday. The city also has no direct access to the Interstate system, so every car, delivery van, and truck that passes through uses surface streets. Traffic and pedestrians share the same space all day. The plan names North Santa Monica Boulevard as the street with the city's highest weighted crash rate and says pedestrian collisions concentrate there. Wilshire Boulevard logged the most collisions of any street in the plan's table, 359 from 2017 to 2022. Olympic Boulevard came second with 302, and the plan notes a pattern of fatal and severe-injury crashes on Olympic and North Santa Monica. The intersection with the highest weighted crash rate is Cañon Dr. at North Santa Monica Boulevard. Those figures count every kind of crash, not only pedestrian ones. Still, they show where a hurried driver and a walker are most likely to meet. If a driver hit you on any of these streets, write down the block, the nearest cross street, and the direction you were walking while you remember it.

What a driver owes you in a crosswalk, marked or not

California law is clear on who must yield. A driver has to give way to a pedestrian in any marked crosswalk and in an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. The driver must use all due care and slow down or take other action to keep that person safe (Vehicle Code § 21950). The city's safety plan flags corners where that duty is tested often: Rexford Dr. at North Santa Monica Boulevard ranks among the five intersections with the highest weighted crash rates, and Wilshire at La Cienega is named as a high-volume intersection with higher collision numbers. Outside a crosswalk, a pedestrian must yield to vehicles that pose an immediate hazard, but the driver still must use due care for anyone on the roadway (Vehicle Code § 21954). Since 2023, the Freedom to Walk Act also limits when police can stop a pedestrian for crossing mid-block between signals, unless a reasonably careful person would see an immediate danger of collision. Your own duty of care stays in place. Insurers know all this. They will look for any reason to say you stepped out late or looked at your phone. California follows pure comparative negligence, so you can still recover if you were partly at fault, and your award is reduced by your share (Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804).

Police report, city claims office, and where the case is heard

The Beverly Hills Police Department, at 464 N. Rexford Dr., writes the report for crashes inside the city. The city says you can buy copies of traffic collision reports online through LexisNexis, and the Records Bureau handles other police report requests. The city's pages list two phone numbers, 310-285-2187 and 310-285-2184, so try both. Records hours are Monday to Saturday 7:30 am to 9:00 pm and Sunday 8:00 am to 5:30 pm. If the crash involved a city vehicle or a dangerous condition on city property, such as a broken signal, you must present a written claim to the City Clerk at 455 N. Rexford Dr., Room 290, within six months (Government Code § 911.2). After a written rejection, you have just six months to sue (Government Code § 945.6). A crash on a state highway or on City of Los Angeles or county property needs a claim with that agency instead. A suit against a private driver has the usual two years (Code of Civil Procedure § 335.1). Under LASC Local Rule 2.3, unlimited civil injury suits go to the Central District or the North District, which for a Beverly Hills crash effectively means the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, not the Beverly Hills Courthouse on Burton Way.

Cedars-Sinai, common injuries, and what the records must show

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, sits just outside the city line. It was first designated a Level I adult trauma center in 1984. A person on foot has no steel around them, so injuries run serious: broken pelvis, leg, and ankle bones, head injuries, spinal damage, and deep scrapes that need surgery. Tell every provider that a car hit you and describe each pain, even the ones that seem small. Adrenaline hides injuries for hours or days. Gaps in treatment hand the insurer an argument that you were not really hurt. Follow your doctors' plan and keep every bill, discharge paper, and prescription. Moe gathers the full chart so the claim reflects what the injury will cost in the future, not just today. Older walkers face extra risk here: OTS counted 11 pedestrian victims aged 65 and over in 2023 and ranked the city first for that group among its peers. If a driver hurt your parent or grandparent, the same steps apply. Do not wait.

Evidence that disappears fast after a Beverly Hills crash

Pedestrian cases turn on details that vanish within days. If you can, photograph the crosswalk, the signal, the paint, the driver's car and plate, skid marks, and any sightline blocked by a parked truck or planter. Get names and phone numbers from witnesses before they leave. Businesses along Wilshire, Beverly Dr., Cañon Dr., and Rexford Dr. may have cameras that record over their footage within days, so Moe sends preservation requests fast. Where the law allows, he also pulls the driver's phone records and the car's own data. If the driver fled, report it to police within 24 hours. Your own uninsured motorist coverage can pay for your injuries when the driver cannot be identified, but only if the car made physical contact with you, the crash was reported to police within 24 hours, and you file a sworn statement with your insurer within 30 days (Insurance Code § 11580.2). Beverly Hills ranked 7th of 93 in 2023 for hit-and-run collisions, with 26, so this happens here. Do not post about the crash online and do not give a recorded statement to the driver's insurer. Send the adjuster to Moe. Every day of delay costs you proof.

How Moe builds a pedestrian claim and what it can recover

A pedestrian claim can cover emergency care, surgery, rehab, future medical needs, lost wages, lost earning ability, and the pain of getting hurt. Moe starts by finding every insurance policy that may apply: the driver's liability coverage, your own UM/UIM coverage, and any employer or rideshare policy if the driver was working. California's minimum liability limit on policies issued or renewed since January 2025 is only $30,000 per person, so a serious injury can outrun a small policy fast. Moe reviews the facts, tells you what your case looks like, and pushes back on the comparative-fault arguments insurers use. He updates you by call and text, and you pay nothing unless he wins. Recent results include $105,000 for an uninsured client with a broken sternum, a $100,000 policy-limit uninsured motorist recovery for a woman rear-ended by a driver who fled, and $75,000 after the at-fault insurer first offered $900. Past results do not predict a similar outcome. If you were hit on a Beverly Hills street, call (323) 716-1992 any hour. Se habla español. Moe explains the timeline in plain words, so you know what happens next and when.

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