A motor vehicle crash at Crawford Street and Elgin Street early Monday morning added to one of the busiest intersections in Harris County.
The crash happened at 2:18 AM on June 1st. Responding officers cleared the scene, and the roadway reopened to traffic.
This intersection has become a flashpoint for crashes across Harris County. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, 78 motor vehicle incidents occurred here in the past 30 days — 43 of them major. Over the past 90 days, the corner logged 259 total incidents, including 166 major crashes and 2 fatal collisions. Since January 2020, state crash records show 1,306 crashes within a quarter-mile of this location, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records.
While the intersection sees crashes at varied times throughout the day, the single busiest hour is 3 to 4 PM, when 19 crashes occurred over the 90-day window. Thursday is the highest-incident day at this location, with 31 crashes recorded in a 90-day span.
Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common cited factor at this intersection, appearing in 430 crashes since 2020. Hit-and-run incidents account for 11.5% of crashes here — 315 of the 2,741 vehicle units involved in crashes over that period left the scene.
Harris County recorded 19,218 motor vehicle incidents in the past 30 days, including 12 fatal crashes countywide.
The weather at the time of this crash was clear, with temperatures at 79 degrees.
**Update (10:20 AM CT):** The major crash at 3199 CRAWFORD ST @ 1599 ELGIN ST, first reported at 2:18 AM, has cleared after more than 8 hours. All lanes have reopened and normal traffic flow has resumed in the area.
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