A major vehicle collision occurred at 8199 W Sam Houston Parkway South at 1:17 AM on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. The incident took place during off-peak hours on the freeway in Harris County.
Mist conditions were present at the time of the collision, with temperatures at 78°F. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, this location has recorded 51 total incidents over the past 30 days, with 30 classified as major. The 90-day incident count stands at 174, including 95 major incidents.
The W Sam Houston Parkway South corridor near this address represents an extreme incident concentration. Over the most recent 12-month period, the location has sustained 174 total incidents with 95 major collisions. The data reflects a consistent pattern of crashes across multiple time windows and conditions.
Analysis of 90-day incident patterns at this location shows that crashes occur most frequently during daylight hours, with the 9 AM-10 AM period recording 12 incidents. Saturdays represent the highest-incident day of the week with 29 crashes in the 90-day window. However, off-peak collisions like Tuesday's incident account for a significant share of the overall traffic pattern at this address. Rush hour incidents comprise 31 percent of the 90-day crash total at this location, indicating that non-peak periods remain a substantial safety factor.
Vehicle collisions represent the dominant incident type at this corridor, accounting for the majority of the 90-day incident log. The classification of Tuesday's incident as major aligns with the severity profile that has characterized this location over the measurement period.
Harris County recorded 18,425 total incidents and 40 fatal crashes over the past 30 days. The county encompasses diverse road classifications and geographic zones, with incidents distributed across residential streets, arterial roads, and freeway corridors.
LTA operates a real-time incident database tracking 64,120 crashes and traffic events across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region, with updates processed every two minutes. This data complements annual crash reporting by TxDOT and other government sources, providing immediate incident documentation unavailable through traditional channels.
The incident was classified as a vehicle collision on a freeway segment. No further details regarding vehicle count, occupancy, or lane closure duration were included in the incident report.
The 30 days preceding this crash saw 50 crashes at this same location.
In the period since this crash, 191 additional incidents have occurred here. Of those, 112 were major collisions.
Crash counts at the location have stepped up since this incident.
Several of those incidents clustered within a short window.
Combined, those incidents make this one of the highest-volume crash locations in the area.
Through July 08, 2026.
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.