Friday rush hour traffic on the major freeway corridor serving Precinct 1 occurred under overcast conditions with 6.2-mile visibility and 85-degree temperatures.
The corridor has logged 41 crashes over the past 30 days. While rush-hour incidents represent 37% of activity at this location, the corridor's worst crash day historically falls on Sunday, with 16 incidents occurring during the 6 PM-7 PM hour.
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Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
In the four weeks before this crash, 40 incidents had piled up at this location.
267 more crashes have been documented at this location since this incident. Major collisions accounted for 174 of those incidents.
The location's crash rate has held steady in the months since.
Several of the crashes occurred back-to-back within days of each other.
Together, the incidents make this stretch one of the most active in the county.
Numbers current through October 10, 2026.
Interstate Highway 10 E & Washington Ave
Harris County, Texas
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