A crash on Beltway 8 within Precinct 5 is blocking traffic during offpeak hours Friday afternoon. Clear conditions with 6.2-mile visibility at 76 degrees.
Drivers can route around the blocked segment using adjacent freeway interchanges: IH-10, US-290, or IH-45.
Beltway 8 has logged 53 crashes over the past 30 days, with peak incident activity typically occurring between 2 PM and 3 PM and on Sundays.
—*LTA Newsroom*
This wasn't the first crash at the location — 54 had been recorded in the previous 30 days.
The location continued to accumulate incidents — 117 more after this crash. Major crashes made up 60 of the subsequent incidents.
The pace has eased at this location in the time since.
Several of the crashes occurred back-to-back within days of each other.
Taken together, the counts place this stretch in the upper tier for crashes locally.
Through August 21, 2026.
Beltway 8-West Northbound at FM-1093 Westheimer Rd
Harris County, Texas
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