Los Angeles Pedestrian Accident Lawyers Can Help You

Pedestrian accidents are an increasingly common occurrence on Los Angeles’s congested roadways. According to Los Angeles Police Department data, more than 150 people were killed while walking in the City of Los Angeles in 2025, roughly half of all traffic deaths recorded in the city that year. Countywide, the toll is higher still. Los Angeles adopted Vision Zero in 2015 with the goal of eliminating traffic deaths by 2025; that target came and went, a 2025 city audit found the program hampered by weak interdepartmental coordination and political support, and pedestrian deaths in the city have roughly doubled over the last decade.

Risky Roadways in Los Angeles

When considering pedestrian risk in Los Angeles and the South Bay, not all roads and intersections are created equal. Pedestrian risk in the city is often concentrated in congested, high-danger areas that Los Angeles refers to as the High Injury Network. The High Injury Network is a small share of city streets that accounts for a disproportionate share of severe and fatal crashes. Streets on it tend to share several features:

• Wide streets: They include wide multi-lane streets that encourage high-speed traffic to move people quickly through urban areas.
• Long signal times: These wide streets often result in long signal waiting times at busy intersections. Long waits encourage drivers who are in a hurry to take riskier turns and ignore pedestrians.
• Near freeways: Many of the riskiest intersections occur near freeways and offramps as drivers are focused on leaving or entering highways and not on pedestrians who may be crossing nearby. 
• Poor lighting: A disproportionate share of fatal pedestrian crashes in Los Angeles happen after dark, when drivers have far less time to see someone in or near the roadway.

What To Do Following a Pedestrian Accident

Pedestrian accidents can have a devastating impact, causing severe physical injury, extensive pain, and even death. All drivers in Los Angeles and the South Bay owe pedestrians a duty of reasonable care, and California Vehicle Code section 21950 makes part of that duty explicit: a driver must yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing within any marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. The same section requires drivers to exercise due care and reduce speed around pedestrians regardless of who has the right-of-way. If they violate that duty through distracted driving, risky behavior, speeding, or drunk driving, injured pedestrians may have the right to bring a personal injury claim. 

If you or a loved one are injured by a driver while walking or crossing the street, there are several key steps you can take. First, seek immediate medical assistance for any injuries that you are experiencing and keep detailed notes and records of those visits and your injuries. Second, do your best to document the scene of your accident, including taking pictures, gathering the names and information of any witnesses, and calling the police. All of this evidence will help your future claim. Finally, contact a Los Angeles pedestrian accident lawyer immediately to discuss your legal options and how best to proceed. 

How Can Los Angeles Pedestrian Accident Lawyers Help You?

If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident in Los Angeles or the South Bay, Jon Olsson can help get you back on your feet by fighting for the compensation that you deserve. Jon combines caring, personalized advice with disciplined, aggressive representation of your legal interests both in and outside the courtroom.

Talk to Los Angeles Pedestrian Attorney Jon Olsson About Your Case

Olsson Law handles serious injury cases in Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, El Segundo, Palos Verdes, and throughout Los Angeles County. Case reviews are free, and you pay no attorney’s fee unless we recover compensation for you. Contact Jon today. Our Los Angeles pedestrian accident lawyers are standing by to assist you.