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PRECINCT 4 TRAFFIC: Residential Corridor — Saturday Major Crash

May 16, 2026 at 10:48 PMUpdated May 27, 2026By Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor📍 Harris County

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.

📊 Location Analysis

At this location, 21 crashes had been documented in the 30 days before this one.

Since this crash, 4 more incidents have occurred at this location.

Crashes have slowed at this location since this crash.

Together, the incidents make this stretch one of the most active in the county.

Through May 27, 2026.

📍 Incident Location

21999 LOOP 494

Harris County, Texas

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How This Report Was Produced

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.

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