A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Tidwell Road and West Hardy Road in Harris County at 1:25 AM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026. The incident was classified as major.
The location has recorded 16 incidents over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data — placing it in the extreme category for corridor frequency. Over a 90-day period, the intersection logged 51 total incidents, with 30 classified as major. The pattern reflects a sustained concentration of collisions that distinguishes this location from typical Harris County traffic activity.
Wednesday is the highest-incident day at this intersection, with 10 recorded incidents over the past 90 days. While the peak crash hour at this location is 1 PM–2 PM (4 incidents in the 90-day window), off-peak incidents dominate overall at the site. The 1:25 AM strike aligns with that pattern: 67 percent of incidents at this intersection occur outside traditional rush-hour windows.
Weather conditions at the time of the incident included mist and visibility of 4.0 miles at a temperature of 77°F. TxDOT reports wet and reduced-visibility conditions contributed to over 14,000 Texas crashes in the most recent annual reporting period. Mist and reduced visibility can increase crash risk, particularly at intersections where vehicle-to-pedestrian contact is possible.
Harris County recorded 18,622 traffic incidents over the 30-day period that includes this incident, with 39 fatalities. The county's scale of incident activity underscores the frequency with which individual locations can accumulate patterns that exceed typical transportation corridors.
The pedestrian-vehicle incident at Tidwell and Hardy Roads adds to a 30-day cluster that reflects extreme activity at this intersection. The sustained volume of major incidents — 10 in the most recent 30 days — indicates a location where collision frequency remains consistently elevated across both peak and off-peak periods.
LTA tracks 64,856 incidents across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region with updates every two minutes. Government sources such as TxDOT publish crash data annually.
The 30 days preceding this crash saw 14 crashes at this same location.
Crashes at this location have continued — 25 more have been recorded since. 11 of those were classified as major.
Crash counts have dropped at the location after this one.
Multiple crashes occurred at this location within a tight time window.
Combined, those incidents make this one of the highest-volume crash locations in the area.
Data current as of July 08, 2026.
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