A major crash shut down the eastbound lanes of I-10 at Taylor Street around 12:04 AM on Saturday, June 13, adding to an extraordinarily active stretch of roadway that's seen 80 incidents over the past month alone.
Responding officers found a significant wreck that required full lane closure. The crash cleared in the early morning hours, but the incident underscores a persistent pattern at this location.
This corridor is among the highest-incident stretches in Harris County. According to LocalTrafficAccidents.com data, I-10 Katy eastbound at Taylor Street has logged 177 crashes in the past 90 days — 88 of them major. Over a full year, the location has recorded 225 total incidents. Per TxDOT CRIS public crash records, the corridor has seen 1,085 crashes since January 2020, with "Failed To Control Speed" cited as the most common contributing factor across 428 of those incidents.
For drivers returning to the area Saturday morning, conditions were clear at 80 degrees. The timing of this crash — in the pre-dawn hours — falls outside the corridor's busiest window. According to LTA data, this location sees its highest crash concentration between 8 and 9 AM, when 12 crashes typically occur, though incidents happen across all hours.
If you're heading eastbound on I-10 near Taylor Street in the coming days, expect heightened activity. The data shows Friday carries the most incidents at this location over a 90-day period, with 34 recorded crashes. However, as this overnight incident demonstrates, collisions here are not confined to rush hour.
For alternate routing, I-610 loop, Westpark Tollway to the west, or Washington Avenue and Memorial Drive for inner-loop segments can help you avoid this corridor during peak times.
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.