A black Ford F-250 and white 18-wheeler collided at Louisiana Street and Washington Avenue in Harris County at 9:26 AM on Friday, May 01, 2026. The crash was classified as major.
Mist and reduced visibility—4.0 miles at incident time, with a temperature of 64°F—were present at the intersection when the collision occurred. According to TxDOT, wet conditions and reduced visibility contributed to over 14,000 Texas crashes in the most recent annual reporting period.
The intersection sits at the center of an extreme crash corridor. In the past 30 days, Louisiana Street and Washington Avenue recorded 153 total incidents, including 87 classified as major, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over 90 days, the location has logged 437 total incidents, 225 of them major. The 12-month count stands at 439 total incidents with 225 major.
Rush hour traffic compounded the situation. Friday morning crashes represent 31 percent of the 90-day incident total at this location, placing this incident squarely within the intersection's peak risk window. While the dominant time pattern across 90 days is offpeak, the intersection consistently records higher crash frequency during commute periods.
Harris County recorded 18,854 incidents across all roads in the past 30 days, with 37 fatal. The Louisiana and Washington corridor accounts for a significant share of county activity—a concentration that mirrors historical patterns documented over the past year.
The weekend presents elevated risk at this location. Saturdays have recorded the highest incident count at Louisiana and Washington over the past 90 days with 69 incidents. The 2 PM to 3 PM window has been the single highest-risk hour, logging 23 incidents during the same period.
No additional details on injuries, citations, or vehicle damage were available at the time of publication.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
At this location, 151 crashes had been documented in the 30 days before this one.
Crashes at this location have continued — 640 more have been recorded since. Major-severity incidents accounted for 284 of the total. 1 of the subsequent crashes resulted in a fatality.
Crashes have slowed at this location since this crash.
Several of those incidents clustered within a short window.
That total ranks this location among the highest-incident corridors in the county.
Data current as of October 09, 2026.
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