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.
The month leading up to this incident brought 58 crashes to this location.
The location's running count has added 19 crashes since this incident. Major collisions accounted for 13 of those incidents.
Incidents have arrived less frequently at this location since.
Three of those crashes fell within a single week.
That combined total ranks the location high among county incident sites.
Reflecting incident data through May 30, 2026.
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