Glendale Car Accident Lawyer

Glendale's downtown grid concentrates a lot of moving and turning traffic into a few blocks. Brand Blvd carries drivers from the 134 down through the retail core; Colorado St and Central Ave funnel traffic between the freeway ramps and the Galleria and Americana blocks; and the 134/5/2 interchange pushes merging traffic onto surface streets at both ends of the city.

The retail district is its own hazard. Drivers circling the Galleria and Americana garages back out of spaces into a moving lane, and ride-hail stops on Brand add stops in the travel lane. Those cases turn on who had the right of way and what the cameras on the surrounding businesses captured — footage that is often overwritten within days.

Report the collision. Vehicle Code § 20008 requires a written report of any injury collision to the investigating agency within 24 hours if police did not take one at the scene, and Vehicle Code § 16000 requires an SR-1 to the DMV within 10 days when anyone is injured or property damage exceeds $1,000.

Get evaluated even if you feel able to walk away. Adventist Health Glendale, 1509 Wilson Terrace, is the city's hospital with a full emergency department, and a same-week record of your symptoms is the single most useful document in a soft-tissue claim.

Preserve the video. We send preservation letters to the businesses, garages, and city-adjacent cameras nearest the crash while the footage still exists.

The Glendale Police report records what the officer saw and heard the day of the crash, but liability turns on more: vehicle damage, telemetry where it exists, the other driver's phone records where distraction is suspected, and camera footage. We build from the report outward rather than waiting for the insurer's interpretation of it.

If a public entity may be responsible — a city vehicle, a Beeline bus, a signal or a roadway condition — the claim runs against the City of Glendale, and Government Code § 911.2 generally requires a written claim within six months of the collision.