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PRECINCT 2 FREEWAY MOTOR VEHICLE INCIDENT — SATURDAY

May 16, 2026 at 03:24 PMUpdated September 27, 2026By Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor📍 Harris County

A motor vehicle incident was reported on a major freeway within Constable Precinct 2 Saturday during off-peak hours, under broken cloud conditions with 6.2-mile visibility and temperatures at 79 degrees.

The corridor has logged 28 incidents over the last 30 days. Saturday ranks as the highest-incident day at this location, with 15 recorded crashes. Evening hours between 7 PM and 8 PM see the heaviest concentration, averaging 8 incidents during that window.

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📊 Accident History at 12900 Gulf Fwy

LTA incident record
Past 30 days6 incidents (1 major)
Past 90 days28 incidents (9 major)
Past 12 months139 incidents (70 major, 5 fatal)
TxDOT crash record
Since January 2020384 crashes, 5 fatal

Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.

📊 Location Analysis

In the 30 days before this crash, 23 incidents had already been recorded at this location.

After this incident, 58 more crashes have been logged at the location. 21 have been logged as major collisions.

The location's crash rate has eased in the months since.

A run of crashes occurred over a span of days.

The aggregate count puts this location in the most active tier of county crash sites.

Recent Incidents at This Location

Data current as of September 27, 2026.

📍 Incident Location

12900 Gulf Fwy

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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