A traffic hazard has been reported on a major freeway corridor serving Precinct 1 communities including Midtown, Downtown, Spring Branch, and the Heights on Friday during off-peak hours.
Visibility was reduced to 6.2 miles under broken cloud cover with temperatures at 78°F at the time of the incident.
This corridor has logged 56 incidents over the past 30 days. Peak activity on this stretch typically occurs between 5 PM–6 PM (8 incidents), with Sundays recording the highest daily count at 17 incidents.
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Update (4:10 AM CT): The major crash at 9 W GREENS RD @ 12501 NORTH FWY IB, first reported at 8:07 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
The four weeks before this crash brought 54 other incidents to this location.
Since this crash, the location has tallied 174 additional incidents. 93 carried major-severity classification.
The location's crash rate has eased in the months since.
A run of crashes occurred over a span of days.
Taken together, the counts place this stretch in the upper tier for crashes locally.
Counts reflect data through October 10, 2026.
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