Hemet Personal Injury Resources

Injury crashes in Hemet

Source: CHP's statewide crash database (data.ca.gov), all reporting agencies. Hemet averaged 357 injury or fatal crashes a year in 2022–2024, compared with 439 a year in 2016–2018 (-19%).

Year	Crashes with someone hurt or killed	People injured	People killed
2016	447	631	7
2017	394	588	21
2018	475	720	14
2019	Not shown: the State's 2019 file covers only January to April.
2020	368	564	14
2021	392	596	9
2022	356	541	7
2023	363	533	8
2024	351	477	15
2025 (may rise)	279	419	7
2026 (year to date)	188	277	4

What Hemet's 2020–2024 crash reports show

1,830 injury or fatal crashes over five years, compared with the whole county.

Measure	Hemet	Riverside County
Crashes with someone hurt or killed	1,830	51,948
Fatal crashes	51	1,545
A pedestrian was involved	167 (9%)	5%
A bicyclist was involved	80 (4%)	3%
Hit-and-run	164 (9%)	10%
DUI recorded as the main cause	42 (2%)	10%
After dark	551 (30%)	33%
On a freeway	0 (0%)	25%

Compared with the county as a whole, the category that stands out most in Hemet's reports is a pedestrian was involved: 9% of the city's injury crashes, against 5% countywide.

Most common types of collision:

Broadside (T-bone): 44%
Rear-end: 23%
Vehicle and pedestrian: 9%

Most common primary causes recorded by officers:

Unsafe speed for conditions (Vehicle Code § 22350): 23%
Unsafe turn or lane change (Vehicle Code § 22107): 13%
Red light (Vehicle Code § 21453): 9%

Counts are raw numbers, not rates. The primary cause is the officer's entry on the report, not a finding of fault. Open Hemet in the crash explorer.

Hemet in the state's crash rankings (2023)

Rank 1 is the worst among cities of similar population [source]. Hemet's worst category rank among cities of its size was speed-related crashes: 10 of 103. All 28 cities compared.

Category	Count and rank
Size group (population)	Group C (population 91,751) [source]
Killed or injured, all crashes	510 (rank 13/103) [source]
Alcohol-involved	41 (rank 37/103) [source]
Motorcycle	19 (rank 27/103) [source]
Pedestrian	24 (rank 50/103) [source]
Bicycle	20 (rank 54/103) [source]
Speed-related crashes	87 (rank 10/103) [source]
Hit-and-run crashes	25 (rank 45/103) [source]
Composite	rank 40/103 [source]

Local facts: Hemet

Population	U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimate for Hemet city, CA: 93,649 (July 1, 2025). Estimates base (April 1, 2020): 89,796. [source]
Highways	Two state highways run through Hemet: Highway 74 (Florida Avenue) and Highway 79 (San Jacinto Street), both maintained by Caltrans; the City's Streets Division maintains about 300 centerline miles of other public roadway. [source]
Emergency hospitals	Hemet Global Medical Center, 1117 E Devonshire Ave, Hemet, CA 92543: 24-hour emergency services with a paramedic receiving station. [source]
Recent road projects	Hemet's Hemet Valley Bikeway Project (CIP 5696), funded by a federal Active Transportation Program award (Caltrans authorized $1,990,000 on August 15, 2022), adds bike facilities, infill sidewalk and ADA ramps on Chambers Street (State to Gilbert), Gilbert Street (Chambers to Whittier), Johnston and Whittier Avenues (Gilbert to Palm) and Palm Avenue (Johnston to Esplanade); the construction agreement went to Granite Construction on February 14, 2023. [source] Hemet's FY 23/24 Various Street Pedestrian Improvements Project, funded with $536,786.10 in SB 821 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program money (accepted on the September 26, 2023 agenda), is to build 3,121 linear feet of new sidewalk and 19 accessible curb ramps on Latham Avenue, Santa Fe Street, State Street, Menlo Avenue, Gilbert Street and Alessandro Street. [source] For the August 11, 2026 Hemet City Council meeting, staff recommended awarding the 2025/26 Pavement Rehabilitation Project (CIP 2516) to Hardy & Harper, Inc. for $539,000: about 189,000 square feet of grind and overlay on State Street from Stetson Avenue to just south of Chambers Street. [source] For the August 11, 2026 Hemet City Council meeting, staff recommended awarding the Acacia Avenue Sidewalk and ADA Improvement Project (CIP 2411) to CT&T Concrete Paving, Inc. for $348,690, building ADA-compliant sidewalks, curb ramps and driveway approaches along portions of Acacia Avenue and Ramona Street. [source] On the March 12, 2024 Hemet City Council agenda, staff recommended approving a license agreement with the Riverside County Transportation Commission to build and maintain a multi-modal bike lane and pedestrian walkway along the railroad right-of-way between Menlo Avenue and Palm Avenue. [source] Caltrans $51.6 million SR-74 Corridor Improvement project in Hemet (work continuing): repaving and rehabilitating 49 lane miles, Traffic Management Systems, ADA curb ramps and sidewalks, bike lane signage and striping, and 56 bus pads, on SR-74 from Winchester Road to Fairview Avenue (11.2 miles). [source] RCTC Route 74 Curve Widening in Hemet (State Route 74 between Calvert Avenue and California Avenue) - status Completed; construction May 2014 to June 2015; $5.6 million; widened the lanes, median and shoulders. [source] RCTC San Jacinto Valley Expressway Project (formerly SR-79 Realignment; San Jacinto, Hemet and Winchester areas): a proposed 12-mile county expressway from south of Domenigoni Parkway to Gilman Springs Road, estimated at $1.1 billion; status Long-Term, construction dependent upon funding. This is a proposal, not a scheduled project. [source]
Fire and paramedics	Hemet accepted California Office of Traffic Safety grant EM24013 ($54,079, on the January 9, 2024 City Council agenda) for extrication equipment used to free victims trapped in traffic crashes; the staff report notes Hemet Fire has five type-1 engines and one cross-staffed ladder truck, each staffed with three personnel. [source] Hemet has its own city fire department (Hemet Fire / Department of Life Safety) with five fire stations: #1 at 220 N. Juanita St., #2 at 895 W. Stetson Ave., #3 at 4110 W. Devonshire Ave., #4 at 1035 S. Cawston Ave. and #5 at 120 N. Hemet St. [source] In Hemet, when you call 911 for a medical emergency, Hemet Fire Department paramedics are the first responders; an AMR ambulance with a paramedic, contracted through Riverside County, provides transportation. [source]
Report a road hazard	To report roadway hazards in Hemet, such as potholes or knocked-down signs, call the City Maintenance Yard at (951) 765-3712 or use the City's SeeClickFix service request system. [source] Hemet has 72 traffic signals maintained by three agencies. To report a City signal problem call (951) 765-3710; a Caltrans signal (Florida Avenue/Highway 74 or San Jacinto Street/Highway 79) call (909) 383-4631; a Riverside County signal call (951) 955-6894. [source]
City traffic safety	According to a Hemet Police Department staff report for the September 22, 2026 City Council meeting, Hemet had 308 injury crashes in 2025 with 473 people injured, including 26 pedestrians and 25 bicyclists; traffic deaths fell to 9 in 2025 from 13 in 2024, and about 25% of 2025 injury crashes involved unsafe speed. [source] The Hemet Police Department was awarded a $92,000 California Office of Traffic Safety 2027 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP) grant for October 1 through September 30, funding 28 extra enforcement operations, including DUI checkpoints and pedestrian/bicycle safety enforcement; acceptance was on the September 22, 2026 City Council agenda. [source] A Hemet staff report for the October 28, 2025 City Council meeting stated that in 2024 Hemet had 430 injury crashes with 642 people injured, including 28 pedestrians and 25 bicyclists, and 13 traffic deaths; it recommended accepting a $105,000 2025/26 OTS STEP grant. [source] Hemet was awarded $299,300 in Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 10 funds for Citywide Traffic Signal Visibility Upgrades (CIP 5724), retrofitting signal heads at 40 signalized intersections with yellow retroreflective borders; on December 12, 2023 staff recommended awarding the construction contract to Elecnor Belco Electric Inc. for $326,489. [source] In 2025 the City of Hemet began a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan (CSAP), a data-driven roadmap to reduce fatal and serious injury collisions; as part of it, School Mobility Assessments were completed for each public school in the city. [source]
Public transit	RTA lists Hemet service as RTA GoMicro and Routes 28, 44, 74 and 79, plus Amtrak Thruway; GoMicro is on-demand service in the Hemet-San Jacinto area. [source]
Also note	The September 22, 2026 Hemet City Council agenda included a request for policy direction on possibly developing an electric bicycle ordinance; staff noted no ordinance was presented for introduction or adoption at that meeting. This is a proposal, not an adopted rule. [source] The Hemet City Council voted 5-0 to adopt Ordinance 2035, which revised Chapter 66 (Streets and Sidewalks) Article II (Excavations) and added Section 66-42 (Moratorium) to the Hemet Municipal Code. [source] Under the street-excavation moratorium in the ordinance presented to the Hemet City Council on June 11, 2024 (Section 66-42), it is unlawful to cut or open the pavement of a Hemet street within 5 years after the City Engineer accepts the street work, or within 3 years for seal-coated or micro-surfaced streets, unless a permit exception applies. [source] Hemet's Traffic Engineering page publishes a 2023 Speed Survey with speed limits under City of Hemet Ordinance Section 78-69, and General Plan maps including a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle Network and a Bikeway Circulation Plan. [source]

Police and crash reports in Hemet

Law enforcement	Hemet has its own city police department. [source]
Address	450 E Latham Ave, Hemet, CA 92543. [source]
Phone	Call (951) 765-2410 before visiting. [source]

How to request a report from the Hemet Police Department →

Freeway and state highway crashes: CHP, CHP (655) San Gorgonio Pass Area ((951) 846-5300).

Injury claims against the City of Hemet

Generally due within six months (Gov. Code § 911.2).

Filing office	City Clerk. [source]
How to file	Mail or personally deliver the completed, originally signed form. [source]
Form	City of Hemet Claim for Damages (PDF); file original with wet signature plus one identical copy with copies of attachments. Also available from the front receptionist at City Hall. [source]
Form link	https://www.hemetca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3750 [source]
Address	445 E. Florida Avenue, Hemet, CA 92543, Attention: City Clerk. [source]
Phone	City Clerk's Office (951) 765-2307; City Hall (951) 765-2300. [source]
Deadline	Death/personal injury/personal property: six months; real property: one year. [source]
After you file	Referred to the Finance Department and a third party for review and response. [source]
Also note	Incomplete forms may be returned as insufficient. [source] All claims are public record (form). [source]

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City of Hemet Comprehensive Safety Action Plan

In 2025 the City of Hemet began a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan to reduce fatal and serious injury collisions for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders and motorists; a draft plan is posted. [source]
School Mobility Assessments were completed for each public school in the City as part of the plan. [source]

Courts

Courthouses whose published case lists include Hemet: Riverside Historic Courthouse (unlimited civil) [source]; Menifee Justice Center (limited civil and small claims) [source]. Addresses, fees and filing rules →

Nearest trauma centers

By straight-line distance from the center of Hemet's reported crashes: Inland Valley Medical Center (Southwest Healthcare Inland Valley Hospital) (Level II (adult), Wildomar) and Riverside University Health System - Medical Center (Level I (adult); also listed as a pediatric trauma center, Moreno Valley). In an emergency, call 911.

Dog bites and animal control

Report a dog bite or a dangerous animal in Hemet to: What to do after a dog bite →

Who handles it	Riverside County Department of Animal Services, 581 S. Grand Ave., San Jacinto, CA 92582, serves Hemet residents. [source]
Phone	951-358-7387 (office hours 8 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday). [source]
County agreement	Riverside County Department of Animal Services provides animal field and shelter services to Hemet under an agreement the Board of Supervisors approved through June 30, 2028. [source]
Services	Services listed by the Hemet Police Department include impoundment and quarantine of dangerous or vicious dogs. [source]

School injury claims

School injury claims go to the district, not the city. Confirm which district serves the school. All 23 districts.

Hemet Unified School District

District main phone	(951) 765-5100 (district office) [source]

Guides that mention Hemet

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