A major freeway corridor serving Precinct 1 communities has logged 76 incidents over the past 30 days, with crashes as the dominant incident type. The corridor operates in an extreme heat category.
Peak activity occurs during 1 PM-2 PM windows, averaging 13 incidents per hour. Tuesday records the highest daily count at 34 incidents. Friday's off-peak periods account for approximately 30 percent of location activity.
Current conditions: broken clouds, 88°F, 6.2-mile visibility.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (9:25 PM CT):** The major crash at KATY FWY OB, first reported at 1:22 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
74 crashes had been recorded here in the month leading up to this incident.
After this incident, 128 more crashes have been logged at the location. Of the crashes since, 53 were classified as major.
Crash frequency has been roughly consistent before and after this incident.
A run of crashes occurred over a span of days.
That total ranks this location among the highest-incident corridors in the county.
Numbers current through July 13, 2026.
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