A USC study found the most dangerous intersection in the city is in South Los Angeles at S. Figueroa Street and Slauson Avenue.

Using data from the Los Angeles Police Department, the university's Crosstown LA found that there have been 66 serious crashes, including 17 felony hit-and-runs with seven pedestrians hit while they were on the sidewalk.

"Just speeding past me and my parents," resident Celeste Aragon said. "These people are crazy and it almost ends up in crashes ... Around here, it's dangerous."

Kevitt, the executive director of Streets Are For Everyone, called the trends concerning as the LAPD invests its resources into more serious crimes.

"People see that, especially people that want to violate the law, want to drive dangerously," Kevitt said. "They know they're not going t

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