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PRECINCT 2 RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR SEES 29 CRASHES IN 30 DAYS

May 16, 2026 at 08:42 PMUpdated July 10, 2026By Dennis R. Mundy, Executive Editor📍 Harris County

A residential street in Precinct 2's coverage area—spanning Clear Lake, Friendswood, Pearland, South Belt, Ellington, and Pasadena—has recorded 29 crashes over the past month, placing it in the extreme crash category for Harris County.

Saturday's incident occurred in mist conditions with visibility reduced to 6.2 miles and temperatures at 79°F. While this specific crash was off-peak, the corridor typically experiences its heaviest traffic Friday mornings, with 11 crashes recorded during that day. The 9-10 AM hour represents the corridor's peak crash window with 5 incidents.

Forty percent of this location's crashes occur during rush hours, though the corridor remains more active during off-peak periods overall.

**LTA Newsroom**

📊 Location Analysis

In the month preceding this crash, 24 incidents had been documented here.

33 additional crashes have been logged at the location in the weeks since. Of those, 18 were major collisions.

Incidents have arrived less frequently at this location since.

Several of the crashes occurred back-to-back within days of each other.

That total ranks this location among the highest-incident corridors in the county.

Counts run through July 10, 2026.

📍 Incident Location

GALVESTON RD

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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