A major crash at Bissonnet Street and Leawood Boulevard disrupted Saturday morning traffic around 8:56 AM. Responding officers worked to clear the intersection as backup accumulated through the immediate area.
The intersection sits in a high-incident corridor. Over the past 30 days, LTA data shows 28 crashes at this location, with 15 classified as major. The 90-day count climbs to 74 total incidents, 38 of them major. According to state crash records from the Texas Department of Transportation, this quarter-mile area has logged 399 crashes since January 2020—all non-fatal.
The timing of today's crash falls within the intersection's single busiest hour. Between 9 and 10 AM, this location typically sees five crashes, though incidents here occur at varied times rather than concentrating in one window. Contributing factors as recorded by investigating officers, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common factor across the corridor—cited in 169 crashes over the six-year period.
Harris County saw 19,110 incidents in the past 30 days, with 11 fatals. Saturday's weather at Bissonnet and Leawood was overcast and 83 degrees—conditions that did not appear to be a factor in this incident.
Recovery time for the intersection wasn't immediately available. Check LTA for updates as the scene clears.
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