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.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
114 crashes had been recorded here in the month leading up to this incident.
Since this crash, the location has tallied 268 additional incidents. 124 of the subsequent crashes were classified as major.
The location has seen fewer crashes per week since this incident.
A short window saw several crashes at the location.
That combined total ranks the location high among county incident sites.
Numbers current through October 10, 2026.
1989.5 SOUTHWEST FWY IB @ SHEPHERD ENTR RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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