A major crash occurred at the intersection of Hemphill Street and Lubbock Street in Harris County at 5:20 AM on Tuesday, May 05, 2026. The incident was non-fatal.
The collision took place at one of the region's most active crash locations. According to LTA data, the Hemphill and Lubbock intersection has recorded 37 incidents over the past 30 days, with 26 classified as major. Over the past 90 days, the intersection has logged 119 total incidents, including 72 major crashes and 2 fatalities.
Weather conditions at the time of the crash were overcast with temperatures near 73°F. Visibility was not impaired.
The timing of this incident aligns with a documented pattern at the location. While peak crash activity at this intersection typically occurs between 4 PM and 5 PM—which recorded 10 crashes over the past 90 days—off-peak hours account for the majority of incidents overall. Tuesdays emerge as the highest-incident day of the week at this location, with 20 crashes recorded over the past 90 days.
This crash adds to Harris County's overall traffic load. In the past 30 days, Harris County has experienced 18,946 total incidents, including 39 fatalities, according to LTA's regional tracking.
The intersection's extreme incident count—37 crashes in 30 days—reflects a consistent pattern of collisions that has persisted across multiple time windows and conditions. The location warrants ongoing attention from traffic safety and infrastructure perspectives.
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NOTE ON SOURCES:
LocalTrafficAccidents.com operates a real-time incident database covering 69,013 incidents across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region, updated every two minutes. Government sources such as TxDOT publish crash data on an annual basis.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
At this location, 35 crashes had been documented in the 30 days before this one.
Crashes at this location have continued — 158 more have been recorded since. Major crashes made up 71 of the subsequent incidents.
Crashes have slowed at this location since this crash.
Several of the incidents hit within days of one another.
The full count places this location among the top crash sites in the county.
Data updated as of September 29, 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.