An 18-wheeler was involved in a major crash at I-10 East and Washington Avenue at 8:24 AM on Monday, May 04, 2026. The incident occurred during the Monday morning commute in Harris County on one of the region's most heavily traveled corridors.
The crash adds to an extreme pattern of incidents at this location. According to LTA data, I-10 East at Washington Avenue has recorded 47 incidents over the past 30 days—25 of them major crashes. Over the past 90 days, the corridor has seen 157 total incidents, with 79 classified as major. In the past 12 months, 162 incidents have been logged at this intersection, 83 of them major.
The 47-incident count in 30 days places this location in the highest incident category tracked by LocalTrafficAccidents.com across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region. The corridor's incident profile is mixed: while rush hour crashes account for 37 percent of collisions at this location over a 90-day period, the dominant incident pattern is actually off-peak. However, Sunday is consistently the highest-incident day at this intersection, with 26 crashes recorded over the past three months. The peak crash hour occurs between 6 PM and 7 PM, when 17 incidents have been logged.
At the time of the 8:24 AM crash, weather conditions were clear with temperatures at 69°F.
Harris County experienced 19,117 traffic incidents in the past 30 days, with 39 fatal crashes during the same period, according to LTA's regional database.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
Before this incident, the location logged 46 crashes over the prior 30 days.
Since this crash, 274 more incidents have occurred at this location. Of the crashes since, 178 were classified as major.
Crashes have come at roughly the same pace since this incident.
Multiple crashes occurred at this location within a tight time window.
Combined, those numbers put the location among the most active in the county.
Data current as of October 07, 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.