A crash on a major freeway corridor in Constable Precinct 2 occurred Friday during evening rush hour, affecting traffic in the Clear Lake, Friendswood, Pearland, and South Belt service areas.
The incident happened under overcast conditions with 6.2-mile visibility and temperatures at 81 degrees. This freeway corridor has logged 51 crashes over the past 30 days, with Friday historically the heaviest crash day at this location (25 incidents). Peak crash activity occurs between 8 PM and 9 PM, when this location recorded 10 incidents during that hour window.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (1:40 AM CT):** The major crash at IH10OB-MERCURY 10308 E IH 10 FWY @ HOLLAND EXIT RAMP, first reported at 5:40 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
In the four weeks before this crash, 49 incidents had piled up at this location.
254 new incidents have been logged at this location after this crash. 223 carried major-severity classification.
Crash frequency has dropped at the location after this incident.
Multiple crashes occurred at this location within a tight time window.
The aggregate count puts this location in the most active tier of county crash sites.
Numbers current through August 23, 2026.
IH10OB-MERCURY 10308 E IH 10 FWY @ HOLLAND EXIT RAMP
Harris County, Texas
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