Long Beach has recorded more than 50 fatal traffic crashes in a single year, falling short of its pledge to reduce roadway deaths by 2026.
Long Beach, a coastal city in Los Angeles County, is known for more than just its waterfront neighborhoods. Visitors can imagine what transatlantic travel was like on an iconic ocean liner with a stop by the moored Queen Mary, kitesurf along the Belmont Shore, and celebrate Chinese culture at the Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival every July. Unfortunately, the city is also renowned for significant challenges when it comes to road safety, and despite pledges from the city council for change, the roads remain more dangerous than ever.
While Long Beach did not make Allstate’s 2025 list of the most dangerous cities in which to drive, which includes destinations like Boston and Los Angeles, it had more than 50 fatal traffic collisions in 2025, according to the Long Beach Post. And 2026 is off to a shaky start. In late January, a Tesla plowed into a coffee shop overnight. No one was killed, but the shop remains closed. Earlier in the month, a woman was arrested on suspicion of being connected with not one but two fatal crashes, including a bicyclist who was struck and died in October and a hit-and-run incident in January that killed two and injured three others.
