A major freeway corridor serving Constable Precinct 1 communities—Spring Branch, Heights, Greenspoint, Garden Oaks, Montrose, Midtown, and Downtown—recorded 60 crashes over the past 30 days, with Saturday emerging as the highest-impact day at 29 incidents.
Today's conditions featured overcast skies, 80-degree temperatures, and 6.2-mile visibility. The corridor's peak crash window occurs 3 PM–4 PM, where 14 incidents clustered in recent weeks. While today's activity falls outside traditional rush hours, offpeak periods account for the dominant crash time at this location.
Minor crashes remain the primary incident type. No alternate routes were available during incidents on this major freeway.
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**Update (5:20 AM CT):** The major crash at 4690 North Fwy, first reported at 9:18 PM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
Before this crash, the location had recorded 58 other incidents in 30 days.
The location has seen 134 additional incidents since this crash. Major-severity incidents accounted for 66 of the total.
The location's crash rate has eased in the months since.
A handful of the crashes happened within a single week.
Adding those counts together places this location in the upper tier of county crash counts.
Current through August 24, 2026.
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