A minor crash occurred on a major freeway corridor in Precinct 5 Friday during offpeak hours. The incident took place under overcast conditions with visibility at 6.2 miles and temperature at 75 degrees.
This freeway segment has logged 81 crashes over the past 30 days. Thursday remains the heaviest crash day at this location with 41 incidents, while the 5 PM-6 PM window consistently sees peak activity at 20 crashes.
Update (6:30 AM CT): The major crash at Chimney Rock Rd & I-69 S, first reported at 10:27 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
In the 30 days before this crash, 80 incidents had already been recorded at this location.
Since this crash, 253 more incidents have occurred at this location. Among them, 118 were major crashes. A fatal crash occurred among the follow-on incidents.
Crash counts have dropped at the location after this one.
Three of those crashes fell within a single week.
That places this location among the highest-incident segments in the county.
Data updated as of October 08, 2026.
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