Pedestrian dies after Central Long Beach crash, police say
This is the 55th traffic fatality reported by the LBPD in 2025, making it the deadliest year since at least 1990, data shows.
Long Beach police say they’re investigating the death of a pedestrian who was hit by a car on East Anaheim Street near Rose Avenue Thursday morning.
The pedestrian, identified only as a woman, was crossing Anaheim Street in an unmarked crosswalk around 6:18 a.m. when she was struck by a 2022 Honda Accord traveling westbound, police said.
After LBPD officers rendered aid to the woman, Long Beach Fire Department personnel took her to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, according to authorities.
The pedestrian's identity is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner, police added.
The driver of the Accord remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation, according to the LBPD.
At this time, police said that they don't believe speed, distracted driving or impaired driving contributed to the collision.
Police are asking anyone who saw the crash to call the LBPD Collision Investigation Detail Detective Edwin Paredes at 562-570-7110.
This is the 55th traffic fatality reported by the LBPD this year, making it the deadliest year since at least 1990, when the city reported 51 deaths, according to LBPD data from a recent public records request by the Watchdog.
Traffic deaths hit a low in 1999 with 15, data shows. From 2000 through 2019, the city averaged 26 fatal traffic accidents per year.
In 2020, fatalities reached a 29-year high at 49 and then dipped to 45 deaths in both 2021 and 2022, data shows. That figure dropped to 36 deaths in 2023, but jumped to 44 last year.
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