Hammerly at Delery crash; 31 incidents in 30 days

A major crash at Hammerly Boulevard and Delery Drive sent at least one person to the hospital Sunday morning. The wreck happened at 8:33 AM, snarling traffic through an intersection that's seen a sharp uptick in incidents over the past month.

Responding officers found the scene complex enough to warrant extended cleanup. While specifics on vehicle count and lane closures weren't immediately available, the crash landed in the "major" category — meaning injuries and significant congestion.

Here's what stands out: this intersection has become a flash point. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, Hammerly and Delery logged 31 crashes in the past 30 days — 15 of them major incidents. Zoom out to 90 days, and that number jumps to 74 total crashes, 31 classified as major. Over the past 12 months, the intersection has recorded 88 crashes, 43 major.

The timing tells its own story. Unlike many Houston intersections that peak during the weekday commute, this corridor skews toward weekend incidents. Saturdays are the busiest day here, with 12 crashes recorded over the past 90 days. Crashes also tend to cluster between 3 and 4 PM — though Sunday mornings have proven no exception to the pattern.

Longer-term state records add context. Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the corridor has recorded 233 crashes since January 2020 with no fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common citation, appearing in 43 crashes at this location over that six-year span. Hit-and-runs account for 12.5 percent of incidents — 58 of 464 vehicles involved walked away from the scene.

Weather conditions Sunday were overcast and 85 degrees — clear enough that road surface wasn't a contributing factor to this particular wreck.

The intersection sits in Harris County, which logged 19,516 incidents countywide over the past 30 days, 12 of them fatal.

As of early Sunday afternoon, crews were still working the scene. Check current conditions before heading through the area — backups were still building as cleanup continued.