Emergency first. Go to the nearest emergency room, or call 911, if after the crash you have a head injury with passing out or confusion, a neck or spine injury with numbness or trouble moving, severe chest pain or trouble breathing, or heavy bleeding or a possible broken bone [1].
Montclair in the crash records, 2021–2025
Here Montclair means the two neighborhoods the City of Oakland’s neighborhood map calls Montclair and Montclair Business [2]. On their city streets, our count of the state’s crash records found 37 injury or fatal crashes in 2021–2025, 6 to 8 a year, and 12 more on Highway 13 [3].
| Year | Injury or fatal crashes on city streets |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 7 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025* | 8 |
- Moraga Avenue was named first on 16 of the 37 city-street reports, La Salle Avenue on 7 and Mountain Boulevard on 6. The corner of La Salle Avenue and Moraga Avenue had 7, the only Montclair intersection with five or more.
- 11 involved a pedestrian (29.7%), against 15.1% in Oakland as a whole. On a base of 37 crashes, a handful either way moves that share a lot.
- Two kinds of crash were too rare here to break out: those that killed or seriously injured someone, and those involving a motorcycle.
*2025 is provisional. Oakland Police reports carry no coordinates, so each was placed at the intersection its two street names describe; about 1 in 10 Oakland city-street injury crashes could not be placed, so these counts are a floor. Every area, side by side · method · CSV.
Highway 13 or a city street: who writes the report
All 12 of the Highway 13 crashes in our Montclair count were reported by the California Highway Patrol. Crashes on Montclair’s city streets, Moraga Avenue beside the highway included, are reported by the Oakland Police Department. Ask the agency that took the report, using the number on the card or slip you were given: how to get an Oakland police report covers both.
Down the hill to 8th Street
- Driving. From Montclair Village, take Moraga Avenue to Highway 13, then Highway 24 and I-980 into downtown, toward Brush Street and 7th Street: 7.5 miles, measured on OpenStreetMap routing on November 1, 2026 [6]. No time is given; none was measured.
- By bus. AC Transit Line 18 runs from Montclair down Park Boulevard to downtown Oakland on 11th and 12th streets, then on toward Albany [4]. When AC Transit’s Realign changes ended Line 33, Line 18 took over its Montclair and Park Boulevard stretch [5].
- Coming by BART instead? The station closest to the clinic is 12th St./Oakland City Center, about a 7-minute walk away.
The exam comes first
The first visit is an exam: what happened in the crash and when each symptom began, orthopedic and neurological tests, and range of motion measured in degrees. You hear the findings and the plan before any care starts, and each visit is written down with a date. When the exam calls for imaging, we refer you out. Visits are with Dr. Ben Glass in English or Spanish or Dr. Irina Velichko in English or Russian, and same-day slots are held for new accident patients.
Who pays
Get examined as soon as you can. An early, dated exam starts your record from the beginning.
Auto insurance, MedPay, PIP, and liens accepted.
The clinic does not bill health insurance or workers' comp. We check your policy before your first visit, and what you owe is confirmed in writing before your first visit. Who pays for my care after a car accident lays out the usual order of coverage, and how liens work covers care when no other coverage applies.
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Questions
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Related pages
Sources
- MedlinePlus (U.S. National Library of Medicine), "When to use the emergency room - adult" (reviewed July 15, 2026). Read November 1, 2026.
- City of Oakland, neighborhood boundaries map layer (OaklandGIS, "oakland_neighborhoods"). Read November 1, 2026.
- California Highway Patrol, California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), California Open Data Portal; files downloaded October 26, 2026, counted by Oakland Accident Care. Read November 1, 2026.
- AC Transit, "Maps & Schedules" (line descriptions). Read November 1, 2026.
- AC Transit, "Realign Service Changes". Read November 1, 2026.
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); driving routes measured with the OSRM router. Read November 1, 2026.
This page is general information, not medical or legal advice, and it does not diagnose. Crash counts are police-reported crashes only; they are counts, not rates, and they say nothing about fault. If you think you are having a medical emergency, call 911.