A major crash occurred at State Highway 6 South at Richmond Avenue at 1:11 AM on Saturday, May 9, 2026, marking the latest incident at a Harris County intersection experiencing an extreme concentration of collisions.
The intersection has recorded 29 incidents in the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data. Over the past 90 days, the location has documented 74 total incidents, including 38 classified as major and 5 fatal crashes. This pattern extends across a full 12-month window, during which 80 total incidents have occurred at this address, with 43 major and 5 fatal.
The Saturday morning incident occurred during an off-peak period. Analysis of 90-day crash data at this location shows that one-third of collisions occur during rush hour, while the majority cluster in off-peak windows. Friday remains the highest-incident day at this intersection, with 15 crashes recorded over the past 90 days. The single most dangerous hour is 6 PM to 7 PM, when 7 incidents have been documented.
Weather conditions at the time of the incident were overcast with temperatures at 75°F.
The SH-6 and Richmond Avenue intersection sits within Harris County, which recorded 19,182 total incidents across all classifications in the past 30 days, including 34 fatal crashes. LTA tracks 71,509 incidents across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region, with updates published every two minutes. Government sources including TxDOT publish crash statistics on an annual reporting cycle.
The extreme concentration of incidents at this location—29 in 30 days and 74 in 90 days—distinguishes it as a critical point within the regional traffic incident landscape. The pattern spans multiple time periods and day-of-week distributions, indicating consistent collision activity across varying conditions and hours.
No additional details regarding vehicle count, occupancy, injuries, or lane closures were available at the time of reporting.
This location had logged 28 crashes in the month before this incident occurred.
The location continued to accumulate incidents — 46 more after this crash. Among them, 33 were major crashes.
Crashes have come at roughly the same pace since this incident.
A burst of crashes followed within a compressed period.
Taken together, the counts place this stretch in the upper tier for crashes locally.
Through July 08, 2026.
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