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.
**LTA Newsroom**
**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.
54 crashes had already been logged at this location in the 30 days before this incident.
Since then, the location has recorded 135 additional crashes. The subsequent count included 69 major collisions.
Crash counts have dropped at the location after this one.
Some of those crashes hit in close succession.
The combined count places this stretch in the most active category in the area.
Data updated as of August 22, 2026.
This report was produced by LTA's editor-designed production system under the executive editorial direction of Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor. The system combines our proprietary data pipeline with AI-assisted drafting to deliver verified incident coverage to LTA's editorial standards.