A minor crash occurred on a major freeway corridor in Constable Precinct 5 Friday during offpeak hours, with broken cloud cover and 6.2-mile visibility at 76 degrees. The incident happened outside peak traffic times, consistent with the location's dominant accident pattern. The freeway corridor serving Katy, Bear Creek, Mission Bend, Alief, Westchase, and Memorial has logged 41 crashes over the past 30 days.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (6:15 AM CT):** The major crash at Katy Fwy & Antoine Dr, first reported at 10:13 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
40 crashes had been recorded here in the month leading up to this incident.
The location has logged 110 more incidents since this crash. 68 of the more recent crashes were major.
Crashes have slowed at this location since this crash.
Several of the incidents hit within days of one another.
That combined total ranks the location high among county incident sites.
Data updated as of August 21, 2026.
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