UCLA-Trained Injury Lawyers in Westwood
If you were injured in Westwood, 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.
We Lived Here Before We Practiced Here
Curt and I both went to law school at UCLA, and we lived in Westwood the whole time. We've watched the Village change and transform as businesses came and went. We also know what it's like to make the trek out to Pasadena for a game at the Rose Bowl, and what that drive turns into when everyone leaves at once.
Why Your Case Is Different
The overwhelming majority of recorded collisions here happen at San Diego Freeway interchanges rather than on Village streets. Wilshire, Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevard all cross the 405 inside this neighborhood, and those crossings account for most of the injury crashes on record.
Wilshire Boulevard carries Westside commuter traffic alongside hospital and university trips. That mix produces a different collision pattern than a purely residential corridor, and it affects which insurers and which commercial policies end up involved.
Pedestrian and cyclist volume in Westwood rises and falls with the UCLA term. A claim arising near the campus in October looks different from the same intersection in July, and that difference is worth documenting early.
What We Know About Westwood
- UCLA and its medical centers:A campus population in the tens of thousands plus two major hospitals means heavy pedestrian, cyclist and rideshare volume concentrated in a small area. Claims here frequently involve institutional defendants and commercial policies rather than individual drivers.
- The Wilshire high-rise corridor:One of the densest concentrations of residential towers in Los Angeles, with the parking structures, driveways and valet operations that come with them. Premises and backing-collision claims in this corridor usually involve professional property management and their insurers.
- Westwood Village:A 1920s planned commercial district built for the campus, with short blocks, heavy foot traffic and constant loading activity. Right-of-way and visibility are the recurring disputes in pedestrian claims here.
Westwood Accident Statistics
Crash Types
Most Dangerous Intersections
2 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
View all crash reports in Westwood →"Arya and Aja helped get closure for my family. Arya guided us through a stressful time in my family's life. I would highly recommend Arya's law firm."
What Happens After You Contact Us
An attorney who knows this neighborhood can handle the insurance company so you can concentrate on recovering.
Tell us what happened
A short conversation, free, with an attorney rather than an intake screener.
We preserve the evidence
Interchange collisions often turn on ramp signage, sightlines and vehicle positions that stop being documentable within weeks.
We build the medical record
We make sure your treatment is documented in a way that supports the claim rather than undercutting it.
Contact Westwood Law
The sooner we're involved, the better we can preserve evidence and protect your claim.