A major crash at 10391 Westheimer Rd in Harris County occurred at 3:43 AM on Friday, April 17, 2026. The incident marks the latest in an extreme pattern of collisions at this residential location.
The corridor has logged 56 total incidents over the past 30 days, with 32 classified as major. Over a 90-day window, the location has recorded 125 total incidents, including 73 major crashes and 2 fatalities. The data reflects a persistent collision problem independent of time of day — while rush hour accounts for 28 percent of incidents here, the dominant pattern shows crashes concentrated during off-peak hours, a distinction that sets this corridor apart from typical freeway congestion patterns.
Westheimer Rd in this area is classified as residential. The collision occurred outside traditional commute windows, consistent with the location's documented off-peak crash profile. Crashes remain the most common incident type at this address over the 90-day analysis period.
Harris County recorded 18,877 total incidents and 34 fatalities over the same 30-day span. The concentration of major incidents at this single residential address underscores a localized infrastructure or driver behavior pattern that warrants focused attention.
The nature and extent of injuries in this incident were not immediately available. Investigation into the collision's cause is ongoing.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
This wasn't the first crash at the location — 53 had been recorded in the previous 30 days.
Crashes at this location have continued — 298 more have been recorded since. Of those, 187 were major collisions.
The pace has eased at this location in the time since.
A cluster of those crashes happened within roughly two weeks.
Taken together, the counts place this stretch in the upper tier for crashes locally.
Counts are current through October 03, 2026.
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