A vehicle crash occurred at 9:35 AM on Tuesday, May 05, 2026, at the intersection of Beechnut Street and West Sam Houston Parkway South in Harris County. The crash was classified as major.
The incident unfolded at a location that has recorded 59 incidents over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over a 90-day window, the intersection logged 200 total incidents, with 113 classified as major. In the past 12 months, 215 incidents have been documented at this location—121 of them major.
The crash occurred during morning hours on a freeway-classified segment of the corridor. Weather conditions at the time were overcast with temperatures near 79°F.
Rush hour incidents account for 28 percent of all crashes at this intersection over a 90-day period, though the dominant incident pattern at the location skews toward off-peak hours. Over the past 90 days, Saturdays have recorded the highest incident count—34 events—while the peak crash hour falls between 2 PM and 3 PM, with 13 incidents documented during that window.
The Beechnut and West Sam Houston Parkway South corridor represents a data point within Harris County's broader traffic incident profile. The county recorded 19,023 incidents over the past 30 days, including 39 fatal crashes, according to LTA tracking across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region.
Crash data is a continuous measure of roadway performance. LTA updates incident information every two minutes across its service area, while government agencies such as TxDOT publish annual crash summaries by location and condition.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
In the four weeks before this crash, 57 incidents had piled up at this location.
373 more crashes at this location followed this incident. 213 of those incidents were major.
The recent run shows crashes coming slower than before.
A handful of the crashes happened within a single week.
That total ranks this location among the highest-incident corridors in the county.
Last incident at this location recorded October 09, 2026.
10003 BEECHNUT ST @ 8198 W SAM HOUSTON PKWY S
Harris County, Texas
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