A woman struck by a vehicle while crossing 10th Street at Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach last Friday night has died at the hospital, according to police. The Long Beach Police Department said it was notified of her death on Sunday, and detectives were still investigating the case as of Monday.
The woman was walking west in the north crosswalk of 10th Street at about 8:20 p.m. Friday when a driver making a left turn from 10th Street onto northbound Alamitos Avenue struck her, according to MyNewsLA.com. She was treated at the scene before being taken to a hospital, where she later died. Her name, age, and place of residence have not been released. Police said neither speed nor impaired driving appeared to be factors in the collision, and the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators, per the outlet's report.
The intersection sits along a stretch of Alamitos Avenue that has already seen deadly crashes. A fatal pedestrian collision struck at East Anaheim Street and Alamitos Avenue in November 2025, and another fatal crash occurred nearby at 10th Street and Orange Avenue, according to the Long Beach Police Department. The corridor runs through the border of Downtown Long Beach's North East Village neighborhood, a dense residential and commercial district with heavy foot traffic near landmarks like Saint Anthony Parish, according to the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.
A Familiar Pattern of Left-Turn Crashes
This is not the first time this year a left-turning driver in Long Beach has struck and killed a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk under similar circumstances. In a crosswalk death at 4th and Ximeno in March, a driver turning left from 4th Street onto Ximeno Avenue struck and killed a woman in a marked crosswalk, with speed and impairment ruled out in that case as well.
Under California Vehicle Code Section 21950, drivers approaching a pedestrian in a marked or unmarked crosswalk at an intersection are required to yield the right-of-way and exercise due care, including reducing speed or taking whatever action is necessary to protect the pedestrian, according to the California State Legislature. The same code also notes that pedestrians carry a duty of care for their own safety and are barred from suddenly stepping off a curb into the path of an oncoming vehicle that poses an immediate hazard. It remains unclear from the available reporting how investigators have applied that shared standard of care to this crash.
A Record Year for Traffic Deaths
The crash lands amid what has become Long Beach's deadliest year for traffic fatalities in more than a decade. The city recorded 53 fatal traffic collisions in 2025, its highest annual toll in over ten years, according to LAist. Pedestrians, bicyclists, and e-scooter riders made up 32 of those 53 deaths, a figure that outpaced the city's 29 recorded homicides for the same year, per the same outlet's reporting.
Long Beach first adopted its Vision Zero goal in 2016 and formalized the Safe Streets Long Beach Action Plan in 2020, committing the city to eliminating all traffic fatalities and serious injuries by 2026, according to the City of Long Beach. That target year has now arrived even as fatal crashes have climbed rather than fallen. In August, Mayor Rex Richardson proposed creating a new Traffic Safety Division within Public Works, adding 12 dedicated positions for traffic engineering and Vision Zero projects in the city's FY27 budget, a plan the city council is currently weighing.
Planners Had Already Targeted This Corridor
The intersection where the woman was struck falls within a zone Long Beach planners had already flagged for scrutiny. The city's Everyone's Coast initiative, launched in January, designated the Central Long Beach area bounded by 10th Street, Alamitos Avenue, Pacific Coast Highway, and Ximeno Avenue as a target study zone for mobility investments meant to improve pedestrian access and road safety, according to the City of Long Beach.
The Long Beach Police Department's Collision Investigation Detail is handling the case. Anyone with additional information is urged to contact Detective Dougherty at 562-570-7358.
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