A major crash at Richmond Avenue and Jeanetta Street early Friday morning adds to a troubling pattern at this Harris County intersection. The collision happened around 12:12 AM on Friday, June 12, 2026, during clear conditions.
This intersection has become a consistent trouble spot. According to LTA data, it's recorded 29 incidents over the past 30 days, with 13 of those classified as major. Over the past 90 days, the location has seen 137 total incidents, 53 of them major. The 12-month count reaches 182 incidents, 68 major.
The pattern stretches back further. Since January 2020, per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, this quarter-mile corridor has logged 420 crashes, including one fatality. Contributing factors as recorded by the investigating officer, per TxDOT CRIS, show "Failed To Control Speed" as the most common factor, cited in 85 crashes at the location.
While the single busiest hour here is 8 to 9 AM—when 11 crashes occurred over the analysis period—crashes happen throughout the day and night at this intersection. Tuesdays are the highest-incident day, with 18 crashes recorded over 90 days, though Friday incidents are far from rare.
The data also shows this intersection carries a hit-and-run rate of 13.3 percent, according to state records—115 of 867 vehicles involved in crashes here fled the scene since 2020.
Responding officers worked the scene at the early morning hour. Traffic impact details for this specific incident were not immediately available. The intersection sits in a high-incident area; readers navigating this part of Harris County should expect congestion and exercise caution, particularly during morning and midday hours.
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.