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*
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
Before this incident, the location logged 54 crashes over the prior 30 days.
129 additional crashes have been logged at the location in the weeks since. The subsequent count included 62 major collisions.
Crash frequency has dropped at the location after this incident.
Several of those incidents clustered within a short window.
The combined before-and-after total places this location in the upper tier of county incident counts.
Numbers current through September 30, 2026.
Beltway 8-West Northbound at FM-1093 Westheimer Rd
Harris County, Texas
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