A major motor vehicle incident closed lanes on I-610 eastbound at the Scott Street exit ramp at 3:54 AM on Saturday, May 09, 2026. The incident occurred in mist conditions with visibility reduced by fog.
This location has recorded 32 incidents over the past 30 days, according to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data—a rate that places it in the extreme category for the Houston-Galveston region. Over 90 days, the corridor has logged 99 total incidents, including 45 classified as major and 3 fatal. The 12-month total stands at 105 incidents with 48 major crashes and 3 fatalities.
The incident occurred during off-peak hours. Analysis of 90-day patterns at this location shows that 32 percent of crashes occur during traditional rush hours, with the dominant incident window falling outside peak commute periods. The highest-incident day historically is Friday, with 17 crashes recorded over the 90-day window. The single most dangerous hour at this location is 1 PM to 2 PM, when 10 incidents were recorded.
The most common incident type at this corridor over the past 90 days is crash. Weather conditions at the time of the incident—mist and reduced visibility—align with conditions cited in TxDOT annual crash reporting. The state agency reports that wet conditions contributed to over 14,000 Texas crashes in the most recent annual reporting period.
Harris County as a whole recorded 19,214 incidents over the past 30 days, including 34 fatal crashes. The I-610 eastbound corridor at Scott Street represents a concentration point within the county's broader traffic profile.
Incident classification and corridor heat data are tracked continuously across the 13-county Houston-Galveston region through the LTA real-time incident database, updated every two minutes. TxDOT publishes comprehensive crash analysis through its annual CRIS reporting system, providing annual context for statewide patterns.
Road conditions and lane status were established at incident time. The roadway classification is freeway.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
At this location, 31 crashes had been documented in the 30 days before this one.
Crashes at this location have continued — 146 more have been recorded since. 101 of those were classified as major.
Crash counts have dropped at the location after this one.
Multiple crashes piled up over consecutive days.
That combined total ranks the location high among county incident sites.
Counts run through October 05, 2026.
SIH610IB-SCOTT ST S IH 610 FWY E @ SCOTT EXIT RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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