A major non-fatal crash occurred Saturday on a residential surface street within Precinct 4's service area (Spring, Klein, Tomball, Cypress, Champions, Willowbrook, FM 1960).
This residential corridor has logged 22 crashes over the past 30 days, marking it as an extreme-heat area. Historically, Tuesdays see the heaviest impact here, with 12 incidents recorded, though the peak incident hour runs 7 PM-8 PM at 4 crashes. Saturday typically accounts for 35% of activity at this location.
Conditions at time of incident: scattered clouds, 79°F, 6.2-mile visibility.
**LTA Newsroom**
**Update (6:50 AM CT):** The major crash at 21999 LOOP 494, first reported at 10:48 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
21 crashes had already been logged here in the month before this incident.
Since then, the location has recorded 42 additional crashes. 30 of those crashes reached major severity.
Crashes at this location have arrived at a similar pace since.
Some of those crashes hit in close succession.
The combined count places this stretch in the most active category in the area.
Data current as of August 24, 2026.
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