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.
Sources: TxDOT Crash Records Information System and Local Traffic Accidents database. Counts through October 1, 2026.
In the 30 days before this crash, 58 incidents had already been recorded at this location.
In the 142 days since this incident, the location has seen 195 more crashes. 108 of the more recent crashes were major.
Incidents have arrived less frequently at this location since.
A cluster of those crashes happened within roughly two weeks.
That total ranks this location among the highest-incident corridors in the county.
Data updated as of October 05, 2026.
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