West Hills Personal Injury Lawyer

Usually the LAPD on neighborhood streets and the CHP on the freeway. The LAPD lists West Hills under its Topanga Community Police Station, on Schoenborn Street in neighboring Canoga Park, and its Valley Traffic Division investigates traffic collisions across the Valley Bureau. In the City's community plan, the Ventura Freeway forms West Hills' southern edge, and crashes on it are generally handled by the CHP's West Valley Area. Our Canoga Park page explains how to request an LAPD crash report and how long it takes.

If anyone was hurt, the drivers involved must also make a written report within 24 hours to the CHP or, inside a city, to the CHP or the city police department, and report the crash to the DMV within 10 days (Vehicle Code §20008 (opens in a new tab); §16000 (opens in a new tab)). Our car accident page walks through the other steps.

West Hills is part of the City of Los Angeles, so a claim over a dangerous city street or sidewalk, or a crash with a city vehicle, usually starts with a written claim filed with the Los Angeles City Clerk, generally within six months of the incident. The City says only the City Clerk can accept it. Our Los Angeles page explains that process, claims involving Metro, the County or federal vehicles, and where injury lawsuits are filed.

In most cases, the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Its local rules divide the county into 12 districts, each with its own courthouses, and since October 10, 2022, new unlimited personal injury cases have been filed in the district where the incident arose. The court points filers to the filing court locator on its website to find that district. Our Los Angeles page explains the filing rules in more detail.

UCLA West Valley Medical Center, at 7300 Medical Center Drive. Formerly West Hills Hospital, it joined UCLA Health in March 2024. The state's hospital database lists it as an open general acute care hospital with basic emergency service, and UCLA Health says its emergency department is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with a helipad on top of the emergency department for critically injured patients. In an emergency, call 911.

The community plan bounds West Hills by Roscoe Boulevard on the north, Topanga Canyon Boulevard on the east and the Ventura Freeway on the south, with the Simi Hills to the south and southwest. It describes the place where the 101 enters the San Fernando Valley, within this plan area, as framed by the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills. The 1999 plan also called for improving Roscoe Boulevard to four through lanes between Jason Avenue and Valley Circle Boulevard (community plan (opens in a new tab)).