SH-288 northbound crash at Sam Houston Tollway; 37 incidents in 30 ...

A crash on SH-288 northbound at Sam Houston Tollway early Monday morning disrupted the predawn stretch of highway and added another incident to a corridor already running hot with collisions.

The crash happened at 3:12 AM on June 01. Responding officers worked to clear the roadway, and traffic flow was restored in the hours after. No details on injuries or vehicle count were immediately available.

This particular interchange sits in the crosshairs of a larger pattern. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, SH-288 northbound at Sam Houston Tollway has logged 37 incidents over the past 30 days—16 of them major. Zoom out 90 days and the count climbs to 84 total incidents, with 38 classified as major. Over the past 12 months, the location has seen 98 crashes.

The timing of this morning's wreck is notable: this corridor doesn't follow the typical weekday commute spike. LTA data shows most crashes here fall outside the rush hour peaks; the single busiest hour is actually 2 to 3 PM, which saw 11 crashes in the recent period. A 3 AM collision here breaks pattern but doesn't break history—this stretch sees collisions across all times of day and all days of the week.

For longer context, TxDOT CRIS public crash records show 758 crashes within about a quarter-mile of this location since January 2020, including 4 fatalities. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common entry across those 758 crashes, cited in 244 of them.

If you're headed northbound on SH-288 through this corridor in the coming hours, expect residual delays as crews clear and reopen lanes. Almeda Rd, South Main, or IH-69/US-59 are available as parallel routes if you need to avoid the area.