Boyle Heights, along with the rest of the city, has seen an increase in severe injuries from collisions.
Last year, a total of 30 were reported in the neighborhood, ranking Boyle Heights 11th out of the city’s 114 neighborhoods for most severe injuries caused by collisions, according to LAPD Traffic Division data.
Those figures are more than double the 13 severe injuries recorded in Boyle Heights in 2014. Numbers peaked at 37 in 2023 and remained relatively high last year. Downtown L.A., another neighborhood in the city’s Council District 14, ranked 1st with 84 in 2024…