UCLA-Trained Injury Lawyers in Palms
If you were injured in Palms, the insurance company on the other side of your claim isn't neutral. They assigned an adjuster before you left the hospital. Their job, specifically, is to pay as little as possible: questioning your injuries, disputing who was at fault, or making a fast offer before you know what your case is actually worth.
The attorney you hire in the next few days matters more than most people realize, not just for your settlement amount, but for whether critical evidence gets preserved, whether all responsible parties get named, and whether the medical record supporting your claim gets built correctly from the start.
Two Freeways, Both Within Reach
I went to law school at UCLA and have practiced on this side of the city since. Palms is one of the few Westside neighborhoods squeezed between two freeways. The 405 at National recorded 166 collisions across 2025 and 2026, second only to Wilshire on this side of the city, and the I-10 at National added 90 more with 67 injuries. For a neighborhood this small, that is an unusual amount of freeway exposure.
Why Your Case Is Different
Palms is bounded by the San Diego Freeway on one side and the Santa Monica Freeway on the other. Both carry regional traffic, and the junctions where they meet National Boulevard are among the busiest on the Westside.
90 recorded collisions produced 67 reported injuries across 2025 and 2026, close to three injuries for every four crashes. That ratio is well above the Westside norm and points to higher closing speeds than a surface intersection produces.
Palms has one of the highest apartment densities on the Westside, with constant move-in traffic, rental trucks and street parking pressure. Backing collisions and door-opening claims come up here far more than in a single-family neighborhood.
What We Know About Palms
- Between two freeways:Few Westside neighborhoods have direct exposure to both the 405 and the I-10. Palms does, and its collision profile reflects it: the busiest locations are all freeway junctions rather than neighborhood intersections.
- The densest housing on the Westside:Palms is built largely of apartment blocks rather than single-family homes, with constant tenancy turnover. That produces more premises claims and more street parking collisions than neighboring areas.
- A Metro stop on the E Line:Light rail brings pedestrian volume to specific crossings at predictable times, concentrating pedestrian exposure around the station rather than spreading it across the neighborhood.
Palms Accident Statistics
Most Dangerous Intersections
1 of 10 top crash intersections are on streets the City of Los Angeles designated as part of the High Injury Network — the 6% of city streets responsible for roughly 70% of all traffic deaths and severe injuries.
Recent Crashes
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What Happens After You Contact Us
An attorney who works this side of the city can handle the insurer while you concentrate on recovering.
Tell us what happened
A short conversation, free, with an attorney rather than an intake screener.
We work out whose report it is
The freeway and its ramps are CHP. The surface streets here are LAPD. Which one holds yours decides where you request it and how long it takes.
We preserve the evidence
Ramp geometry, sightlines and vehicle positions stop being documentable within weeks of the collision.
Contact Westwood Law
Our office is in Westwood, a short drive from here. The sooner we are involved, the more of your claim we can protect.