A person was fatally struck by a train at 9638 Lundy Rd in Harris County at 6:41 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2026. The incident occurred in an off-peak evening window on a residential corridor that has emerged as a site of repeated incidents.
According to LTA data, the Lundy Rd location has recorded 15 incidents over the past 30 days, including four fatalities in the past 90 days. The corridor's 30-day incident total places it in the high-frequency category for the Harris County region. While most incidents at this location are vehicle crashes rather than rail-related fatalities, the accumulated pattern reflects sustained danger across multiple incident types.
The 90-day data shows Tuesdays as the highest-incident day at this address, with eight recorded incidents. The peak crash hour spans 5 PM to 6 PM, producing five incidents over the three-month window. Despite that concentration, 27 percent of the location's incidents occur during rush hour, meaning the majority occur outside traditional peak commute windows. This incident fell within the dominant off-peak pattern.
Harris County recorded 18,524 total incidents in the 30-day period measured, with 41 fatal. The fatal incident on Lundy Rd represents one of the county's fatal events during that span.
The location sits at the intersection of residential and transit infrastructure, a configuration that creates vulnerability to both vehicle and rail incidents. Weather conditions at the time of the incident were clear, with a temperature of 83°F.
LTA tracks 63,273 incidents across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region, with incident data updated every two minutes. This represents the most comprehensive real-time incident database covering the region; government sources such as TxDOT publish crash data on an annual reporting basis.
The Lundy Rd corridor's 30-day incident count of 15 and 90-day fatality count of four underscore the sustained risk profile at this location. Emergency responders and transit authorities will likely review safety measures at the intersection in the coming days.
Going back a month from this incident, 13 crashes had been recorded at the location.
Crashes at this location have continued — 36 more have been recorded since. The subsequent count included 23 major collisions.
Crash counts have dropped at the location after this one.
A short window saw several crashes at the location.
The combined count places this stretch in the most active category in the area.
Reflecting incident data through July 05, 2026.
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