A major freeway corridor serving Spring Branch, Heights, Greenspoint, Garden Oaks, Montrose, Midtown, and Downtown experienced crash activity Friday under clear skies and 86-degree conditions with 6.2-mile visibility.
The corridor has recorded 42 crashes over the past 30 days, with Saturday historically the heaviest impact day (16 incidents). Peak crash hours cluster around 5 PM-6 PM (9 incidents), though Friday's incident occurred outside rush periods.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (7:05 PM CT):** The major crash at 4480 Southwest Fwy, first reported at 11:01 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
The four weeks before this crash brought 41 other incidents to this location.
54 new incidents have been logged at this location after this crash. 39 of the crashes that followed were major.
Crashes have come less often at this location since this incident.
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.
Through July 13, 2026.
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