Dana Point’s roads carry a mix of local residents, beach traffic, and visitors unfamiliar with the area — a combination that leads to serious injuries every year. We regularly handle cases arising from:

• Pacific Coast Highway (PCH/Highway 1) — heavy tourist and commercial traffic, frequent lane changes near the harbor and Dana Point Harbor Drive, and high pedestrian volume near Doheny State Beach
• Del Obispo Street and Camino Capistrano — busy commuter corridors connecting Dana Point to San Juan Capistrano, with a mix of commercial and residential intersections
• Golden Lantern and the Lantern District — a walkable downtown area with significant pedestrian and cyclist traffic crossing active roadways
• Dana Point Harbor — ongoing harbor revitalization construction has added detours, temporary lane shifts, and construction vehicle traffic that increase accident risk for both drivers and cyclists
• Selva Road and the coastal bluff neighborhoods — narrow residential streets with limited visibility at intersections

Cyclists in particular face real risk in Dana Point. The Coast Highway bike lane through the harbor area is popular with both locals and visiting cyclists, but it runs directly alongside high-speed vehicle traffic and numerous driveway and hotel entrances — a combination that has produced some of our firm’s most significant case results, including a $4,190,000 settlement following a jury trial verdict in a vehicle-versus-bike case and a $1,025,000 settlement in a rideshare-vehicle-versus-cyclist crash.