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.
This location had logged 41 crashes in the month before this incident occurred.
In the days and weeks following this crash, the location recorded 12 more incidents. 7 of those incidents were major.
Crashes have come less often at this location since this incident.
Some of those crashes hit in close succession.
Combined, those incidents make this one of the highest-volume crash locations in the area.
Last incident at this location recorded May 29, 2026.
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