A minor crash occurred Friday on a major freeway corridor serving the Spring Branch, Heights, Greenspoint, Garden Oaks, Montrose, Midtown, and Downtown areas during off-peak hours.
The corridor has logged 115 incidents over the past 30 days. Friday's crash adds to a pattern where this stretch sees peak activity between 12 PM-1 PM (19 incidents) and heaviest volume on Mondays (38 incidents). Weather conditions at time of incident: broken clouds, 88°F, 6.2-mile visibility.
—*LTA Newsroom*
**Update (10:50 PM CT):** The major crash at 1989.5 SOUTHWEST FWY IB @ SHEPHERD ENTR RAMP, first reported at 2:46 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
In the 30 days before this crash, 114 incidents had already been recorded at this location.
Since then, the location has recorded 223 additional crashes. Among them, 109 were major crashes.
The location's crash rate has eased in the months since.
Several of the crashes occurred back-to-back within days of each other.
The aggregate count puts this location in the most active tier of county crash sites.
Numbers current through August 21, 2026.
1989.5 SOUTHWEST FWY IB @ SHEPHERD ENTR RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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