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.
At this location, 40 crashes had been documented in the 30 days before this one.
The 2 weeks since this incident have brought 15 more crashes here. Of those, 9 were major collisions.
The pace has eased at this location in the time since.
A cluster of those crashes happened within roughly two weeks.
Together, the incidents make this stretch one of the most active in the county.
Counts are current through May 29, 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.